The Random Fun Facts Thread

[ZeppoAndFriends]

Did you know...

That the country of Brazil was named after the nut, not the other way around?

That there is a often unenforced law that states that it's technically illegal to keep a home recorded TV program for more than 30 days?

 

[unclematt]

I am hungry

 

[ZeppoAndFriends]

I am hungry

Oh-kaaaay.

Did you know that Antarctica is the driest place on Earth, being even drier than the Gobi desert?

 

[Gelfling Girl]

Buddy Holly's back-up band, The Crickets, picked out the name "Beetles" as an option for what to call themselves, but decided against it when one of them said, "That's just a bug you'd want to step on."

 

[Chuchu]

A lot of jellyfish together is called a smuck!
The empire state building gets struck by lightning 100 times a year.
Someone on my grandmother's street still has Christmas decorations up. (It's early August now.)
I'll post more later, I'm usually full of these!

 

[Gelfling Girl]

The things you'll learn in textbooks these days...

The Beatles and The Rolling Stones listened to music from Louisiana when working on their own style of music.

\m/-_-\m/

 

[Nick22]

wow. everyone stole my facts.....

uhmm...

i share a birthday with raven-symone

the electric chair was invented by a dentist

 

[Gelfling Girl]

Marilyn Monroe's natural hair color was brunette.

 

[Nick22]

male seahorses can get pregnant 0_o

 

[BobThePizzaBoy]

Did you know that camel spiders eat camels?