Strange But True Facts

We here at Geekzkrieg are proud that we know certain weird facts that aren’t useful but cool to know. Isn’t that what geeks are known for?

Check out these strange-but-true-facts:

• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
• The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
• All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.
• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
• Almonds are a member of the peach family.
• Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
• An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
• In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
• Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
• The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
• A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
• It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Ciao,

Fuhrer