1,000 disturbing facts

In America, it is a federal crime to use your roommate or friends Netflix account. A woman was elected to the House of Representatives four years before women even won the right to vote. Here at The Fact Site, we have a team dedicated to checking our content for accuracy. It had its own coins and postal service. Mulan has the highest kill count of any Disney character, including villains, and was the first Disney Princess to be shown killing people on-screen. It was his third studio album, titled Me Against the World. In Utah, birds have the right of way on a highway. Octopuses only touch in situations of mating or aggression. A man who was hanged for his part in the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot had his skin removed, and it was used to bind a book that listed his offenses. The tallest mountain in our solar system, Olympus Mons, is 3 times taller than Mount Everest. Since the death penalty was restored in 1976, the states of Washington and New Hampshire have returned to hanging as an available method of execution. August 17th is known as Black Cat Appreciation Day. NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration., April 12th is known as Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day.. Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual point When blindfolded, we will gradually walk in a circle. If you dont have time to read them all now, bookmark us and visit whenever you like! They also gave him airway maps and promised to keep the runway lights on. Now, we know you didnt read all 1000 interesting facts but if you did, let us know! The British Pound is the worlds oldest currency still in use at 1,200 years old. Leaving their dead exposed to the elements might horrify some, but it is a sign of respect for their followers. This creepy science fact might gross you out, but its completely harmless and normal. Another horrifying fact about his elixirs was that he stored it in horse manure for months and then drank it after. The lead singer of The Offspring started attending school to achieve a doctorate in molecular biology while still in the band. Spacesuits take 5,000 hours to make, cost 1 million dollars, weigh about 110 pounds and have 11 layers of material. This small island south of Mexico City is a frightening place. At this time, it was the most visited social networking site in the world and even surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States! Chinese foot binding is pretty much just what it sounds like. All of the sweaters Mister Rogers wore on his show were hand-knitted by his mother. There is a statue of Tesla in Silicon Valley that radiates free Wi-Fi. People who eat breakfast feel better both mentally and physically throughout the day. 12 stars were chosen as a number with no political association and as a symbol of unity. This is called a sardonic grin. It is the size of South Carolina and contains 2,900 cubic miles of water. There is a Scottish tartan designed for Mars exploration. Think of it as the opposite of sleep paralysis, but just as creepy. Emilie de Ravins biggest TV role as Claire Littleton on the hit show Lost, loves peanut butter which is unintentionally ironic because Emilie is allergic to peanuts. Credit card EMV chip technology has been around since 1986. Leather products like handbags or shoes can be polished with the inside of a banana skin, simply rub it on and wipe it off with a cloth. The first company to patent a bumper car was in 1920 named Dodgem. The average life expectancy of a toucan is a very impressive 20 years. Occasionally we may get things wrong, or information becomes outdated. This creepy fact might change the way you see your pets. Death by PowerPoint is a term relating to the intense boredom of useless PowerPoint presentations. It originated in Berlin no later than 2008. Sometimes its accidental; other times, its left on purpose. Mob boss Vincent Gigante used to wander around New York in his bathrobe to convince the police he was insane and avoid capture. Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called 12818 tomhanks.. Both affect levels of a blood-clotting protein. Spam mail got its name from the canned meat after a Monty Python skit that made fun of Spam as tasting horrible and being ubiquitous and inescapable.. Greenland voted to leave the European Union in 1985 and has not rejoined since. Their funerary practice involves leaving their dead on top of towers called the dakhma. Zoroastrians believe that the earth, water, air, and fire are all sacred, and thus burying or cremating the dead would spread impurities to these elements. Originally, he denied his cameo and claimed he wouldnt bother being an extra in a movie. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. He became a decorated war hero at age 13 but was thrown out of the Navy after his mom found out. Paula Bronstein / Getty Images mpld Advertisement 2. He's a professional blogger & researcher with over 11 years experience in fact finding, SEO & web design. A patient with locked-in syndrome is locked in a coma-like state: while they are conscious, their body is completely paralyzed. They all have Southern-sounding stage names. This means that a mother might feel the desire to kill their newborn as soon as they wake up from delivery. When Kurt Russell smashed the guitar in The Hateful Eight, he accidentally destroyed an irreplaceable 145-year-old museum piece instead of one of the replicas. In 1986, a soviet Aeroflot pilot tried to land the plane blindly with all the windows curtained due to a bet with the co-pilot. The U.K population is over 65 million. One of the earliest depictions of dreadlocks dates back to 1600 BC to the Minoan Civilization, one of Europes earliest civilizations, who lived in what is now known as Greece. Daniel Craig was an anonymous Storm Trooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This horrifying fact doesnt stop there as sometimes, operators would add weights on the victims legs to increase the pain. There is a correlation between pulling an all-nighter and snapping out of depression. By mixing nonoplatelets from carrots and other root vegetables, concrete mixtures can be significantly strengthened, meaning less cement is needed to achieve the same effect. The country with the highest amount is the United States, with almost 4 million Filipinos. Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. There were two AI chatbots created by Facebook to talk to each other, but they were shut down after they started communicating in a language they made for themselves. Thomas Edison invented an electric pen in 1876 that was later adapted to become the first tattoo machine in 1891. While Apple was building a huge data center in the middle of North Carolina, they wanted to occupy the area of a couple that had lived there for 34 years. Angelina Jolie performed her own stunts whilst filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Hanson made a beer called Mmmhops. They give away a free song with every bottle. The Phyllobates terribilis or golden poison frog lives in the Pacific coast of Colombia. Researchers have found that flossing your teeth can help your memory. They are the worlds largest marsupial. This hypnotizes the rabbit until the stoat gets close enough to attack. If you keep smelling something that is not really there, you may be experiencing the earliest symptoms of schizophrenia. 28 is the atomic number of Nickel and the atomic mass of Silicon. Cucumber can actually cure bad breath. While watching a Merry-Go-Round from a bench in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Walt Disney was struck with inspiration for the creation of Disneyland. Bees actually have knees. Because snow is composed of ice, it can be classified as a mineral. In his spare time he loves to travel and drink coffee. In a survey, 33% of dog owners admitted to chatting over the telephone with their dogs. Ventriloquist dolls can be quite creepy, and a museum filled with hundreds of ventriloquist dolls is likely a horror movie destination for many. A single strand of Spaghetti is called a Spaghetto.. The social media website, MySpace, was founded in 2003 and sold for $580 million in 2005. Read also: Ahoy Mates 30 Parts Of A Ship Explained. September 3rd is International Bacon Day. In Australia, there are nearly twice the amount of kangaroos as there are humans. In season 5 of Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul (Jesse) was paid $150,000 per episode. $465,000. From this, the projected Top 1,000 revenue growth is about 15% over 2021, or about P15.5 trillion in revenues in 2022. In Japan, many families eat a KFC for Christmas Dinner. In feudal Japan, lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas. 30 of the first 31 popes were murdered. Roselle, a guide dog, led her blind owner down 78 flights of stairs during 9/11. The average computer user blinks seven times a minute, the normal rate is twenty times per minute. 15% of iPhone users use an iPhone with a broken screen. Airport runway numbers actually indicate direction on a compass. There is a high demand for ninja shows, but it is a dying tradition, and companies have trouble time finding properly trained ninjas. The swan has over 25,000 feathers on its body. All the paint on the Eiffel Towerweighs the same as ten elephants. The first sense that they develop is the sense of touch. Those with prosopagnosia will see family members as strangers. Infantry sounds like infant, as typically, in ancient times, an armys infantry consisted of soldiers too young or too inexperienced to ride a horse and be part of the cavalry. China is spending $3 billion dollars to build panda-shaped solar farms in order to get more young people interested in renewable energy. Walter Hunt, a man from America, invented the safety pin back in 1849. Walking uses a total of 200 muscles with every step you take. Its only the males that are called peacocks, while the females are called peahens. In fact, 15% of what you breathe in during a train ride is most likely the dead skin cells of passengers, including yourself. Animals yawn based on how large their brain is. The money for the Statue of Liberty came from fundraising from auctions, a lottery, and boxing matches in Europe and the U.S. In Ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a woman was a symbolic declaration of love, and to catch it was to show acceptance of that love. Rap God by Eminem packs 1,560 words into a 6-minute 4-second song. Facebook will track and record nearly everything you do if you browse the web while logged in to your Facebook account. Dust mites love warm beddings and dead skin cells. The Leaning Tower of Piza is tilted because of the soft soil that its built on which has also protected it from at least 4 powerful earthquakes. There is no federally declared official language for the U.S. English is only the official language of 32 states. Maltas official language is Maltese; however, the majority of the population also speaks English. Ginger beer is brewed and fermented with ginger, while ginger ale is merely carbonated water flavored with ginger. It is akin to our vision at dusk. It led to a career for Zombie as an A-list Hollywood horror director and spawned two sequels: The Devils Rejects (2005) and 3 from Hell (2019). The law also says that police officers can offer up a firearm if the need arises. Since 1955, 50% of the population of Niger is consistently under 16 years old. One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. The British government coined the slogan, Keep Calm and Carry on, during World War 2 in order to motivate citizens to stay strong. The second is Vatican City. January 10th is Peculiar People Day a day to celebrate those of us who are a little quirky, weird, or eccentric. Another creepy fact that dates back to ancient England is that cave settlers fashioned cups out of human skulls. Back when dinosaurs existed, there used to be volcanoes that were erupting on the moon. UVB-76 broadcasts white static noises and occasionally picks up Russian transmissions, but nobody knows where this low-frequency radio station broadcasts from. His persistence paid off when in 2012, his YouTube channel garnered over one million subscribers. "If you were stranded there, you'd be thousands of miles away from help and it would be very unlikely you'd be seen or rescued as cargo ship routes don't go near it. "There are over 200 corpses on Mount Everest and they are used as waypoints for climbers." In 2018, The Fact Site celebrated its 10th birthday by publishing this list of 1,000 interesting facts. The letter Z is the least frequently used letter in written English. The Great Wall of China is 3,728 miles long. In the popular film, The Godfather, the word mafia is never said because the actual mafia commanded it. Here are some of the creepiest facts we learned: "Rabbits will eat their own young if theyre, "It takes longer to say WWW then it does to say World Wide Web. Director Craven revealed that the inspiration for the iconic slasher film came from a story he read from the LA Times: a boy was having disturbing nightmares and refused to sleep for days out of fear. This is because human urine was a valuable and useful product back in Ancient Rome. The Hogwarts Express from the Harry Potter movies is a real train in Scotland. In 2005, Connecticut was accidentally issued an Emergency Alert to evacuate the entire state. Akon is the #1 selling artist for ringtones in the world. Coca-Cola owns all website URLs that can be read as ahh, all the way up to 62 hs. When Shakira was in second grade, she was rejected by the school choir because her vibrato was too strong. Another term for your nieces or nephews would be niblings.. Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians, as well as the descendants of extinct dinosaurs with feathers. Todays technology continues to advance, but the deep levels of the ocean still make it difficult to explore further. The cardboard holder that you often get around a takeaway cup of coffee is called a zarf.. The most leaves ever found on a single clover is 56. Doctors often misdiagnosed ill patients, and this was common in 17th century England. He was charged, booked, and released for speeding on a horse and had to pay a fine. If human remains terrify you, then perhaps you shouldnt include this Roman Catholic church in your itinerary when you visit the Czech Republic. The logo on the Red Bull cans are not cattle, but a type of bovine called a gaur.. As of September 2016, the Giant Panda was downgraded from endangered to vulnerable on the Global List of Species at Risk of Extinction. Jada Smith formed a metal band called Wicked Wisdom in 2002, which is still active today. In 2013, a plant was genetically spliced that grew tomatoes above ground, and potatoesunderground. Rather, they circulate nutrients by using seawater in their vascular system. An amateur beekeeper and a group of scientists found that wax worms are capable of eating and breaking down plastic bags. The last case of smallpox was in 1977, and the last of rinderpest was in 2001. 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