Fun Facts are trivia tidbits that are interesting, entertaining, and sometimes even true. Fun Facts are commonly introduced with a funny observation or phrase. The last couple of them were from Wrigley’s gum ads! They were later collected in a 1973 book and made their way into classrooms. The title, Fun Facts: The Truth Behind the Myths, made this segment an instant hit with children everywhere. The best way to approach a person who has asked you to share fun facts with them is to ask them directly. Then, follow up by asking them if they want to know more.…
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Did you know that 1/5 of all the people in the world live in China? That’s approximately 1.5 billion people! Of these, around 30% of adults still live at home with their parents. From the huge numbers of people living there, only a very small number, about 100 million have internet access, and thanks to government restrictions they are unable to use sites such as Amnesty International and BBC News. Despite this, 70% of all pirated goods worldwide come from China and in 10 years the number of people able to ski there has increased by 10,000% from 500 to…
Ever thought the worst about what your other half gets up to when they go out but couldn’t confront them for fear of looking stupid or causing a row? Not this lady. 31 year-old Debbi Wood from Leicester, UK suffers from a rare condition called delusion disorder Othello syndrome which means she needs to check husband Steve’s phone, emails and bank accounts to calm her insecurity. She also subjects him to a lie detector test after every time he goes out. Paranoid much?
Our Australian friends are nothing short of legendary when it comes to health and safety, drinking, or both. In the Western Australian town of Newman, one local taxied his aircraft down a street before stopping outside a pub. He then proceeded to go in for a drink before being stopped by police. Locals were quite baffled by the sight of the light plane propelling through the town, more so by the fact that it did not have any wings! Although police were quick to label this a stupid and dangerous idea, many locals including staff at the pub were calling…
So you’re eating at a nice restaurant, you want to try a new wine, so you ask your waiter or waitress for their recommendation. They tell you it’s $37.50, and you’d be pretty happy to try it, right? No imagine if you ordered that bottle and when it came to pay, that thirty-seven fifty was actually $3,750! As a poor diner in an Atlantic City hotel found out the hard way, his waitress was referring to a bottle 100 times more than he had expected to pay! The management offered to reduce the cost down to $2,200, but you can…
That’s right, 195 million dollars, the asking price for a 25-acre Beverly Hills estate. The Palazzo di Amore, whose boundaries contain a bowling alley, several swimming pools, a tennis court, a private vineyard, a 50-seat theater and a master suite covering 5,000 square feet has breath-taking views of Los Angeles. With a 27-car garage and its own entertainment complex, this is the most expensive property for sale in the USA. Its current owner, businessman Jeff Greene, bought the estate in 2007 for $35 million and spent nearly 8 years and $25 million extending and upgrading the place. Turning $60 million…
The Uruguayan president Jose Mucija has revealed he received an offer for a million bucks for his 1987 Volkswagen Beetle – himself known as the world’s poorest president on account of his simple lifestyle. Having put the car, once the sum of all his wealth, up for auction an offer was made by an Arab Sheik, clearly more interested in the history of the car than its uses. Mr. Mucija announced the money he received would be donated to a project he supports that provides the homeless with accommodation.
For many amongst us who are wondering whether we are alone in the Universe, an amateur astronomer appears to have put fuel in the fire: Pictures taken of the Red Planet showing what appears to be a smiley face with arms out to embrace! YouTuber TheCalifornian posted shots of the 230km-wide crater, dubbed the “Happy Face Crater” after spotting it when using Google Mars. It seems like only yesterday we were finding images of faces on our toast, doesn’t it?
The Australian actress- Nicole Kidman, apparently hates butterflies. According to her she once tried to get over this rather amusing fear of her by walking into a big butterfly cage at the American Museum of Natural History. The butterflies flew on her to no avail however. No matter how colorful and harmless they are, that experience did not change the way she thinks about them. According to Kidman she will jump out of a plane or be covered with cockroaches before she lets butterflies land on her ever again.
Liam Payne is a member of the famous pop band One Direction that stole the hearts of millions of female fans all around the world. It turns out that Mr. Payne has a rare (and rather funny) phobia that’s called koutaliophobia, which means he has a fear of spoon or spoons. The young singer should probably eat at home.