Fascinating Facts and Trivia

Cor! Just imagine how long a birthday would be on Mercury if a day was longer than a year Mind you couldn't have a party, not much atmosphere!

Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.

Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”. The problem with the trailers showing after the film was that audience wouldn’t stay around to watch them, making the trailers rather ineffective.

Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday. Heart attacks are increased by 20% on Monday’s. The most common time for them to happen is between 4-10 a.m.

Tennis players are not allowed to swear when they are playing in Wimbledon. Because of this, line judges have to learn curse words in every language so they know when a player has violated the rules.

In Seattle,Washington's Capitol Hill neighbourhood at the corner of East John Street and 10th Avenue East sits a secret.A vintage vending machine with all six buttons labeled “mystery."The machine is always stoked but for decades no one has been able to figure out who is responsible for it.

Putting this separately from the stuff I posted on Dangermouse earlier-this is something I didn't know.

The show has the initials 'DM' prominently emblazoned on his chest. This causes problems for those translating it into other languages, where a literal translation of the words 'Danger' and 'Mouse' do not have those initials; the Scots Gaelic version, for example, calls the show (and the lead) Donnie Murdo (two given names unconnected either with mice or danger).He was Dzielna Mysz (brave mouse) in Polish, Dundermusen (Thundermouse) in Swedish, and Dare Dare Motus in French, "Dare Dare" being French slang for "as fast as possible". The Slovene translation omitted the DM initials entirely, however, dubbing Danger Mouse Hrabri mišek ('Brave Mouse').

In 2017 more people were killed from injuries caused by taking a selfie than by shark attacks. There was only 5 deaths due to shark attacks in 2017, which is lower than the average year. The average amount of deaths caused by sharks is 6. Worldwide, there was 35 deaths caused by taking selfies in 2017.

The top six foods that make your fart are beans, corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk.

There is a species of spider called the Hobo Spider. Most bites from the Hobo Spider (Tegenaria agrestis) happen when the spider is accidentally crushed or squeezed by a human.

A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away. To be more specific, a lion can roar as loud as 114 decibels, which is roughly 25 times louder than a gas-powered lawnmower.

Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman. Saint Lucia was discovered by the French after they were shipwrecked on the island. They arrived on December 13th which is the feast day of Saint Lucy – hence, why they named it Saint Lucia!

On this day in 1920, The U.S. Post Office Department ruled that children were not be sent by parcel post.

A baby spider is called a spiderling. Spiders aren’t cute, but this name kind of is! Spiderling is the official name for immature spiders. On top of that, spiderlings are often born in groups of thousands!

The United States Navy has started using Xbox controllers for their periscopes.
because the control stick for periscopes is so complicated, using Xbox controllers reduces the learning time from hours to minutes. Another bonus: Xbox controllers cost $37,980 less!

The following can be read forward and backwards: Do geese see God? This sentence is what is called a “palindrome.”
The word itself is from the Greek “palin” meaning “back,” and “dromos” meaning “direction.”

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born. You would think this would make them hard to spot, however since eggs are laid by the tens of thousands, it would be hard to miss a massive cluster of pea-sized octopuses!

On August 24th 2006 Pluto was was “kicked out" of the planet club for not measuring up on one of the three criteria needed for classification as a planet.It was rebranded as a “dwarf planet" by The International Astronomical Union.

At a top speed of 420mph - The Dodge Tomahawk is the worlds fastest motorbike ever produced. It features 8.3 litres, V-10 SRT 10 Dodge Viper Engine. It can produce a maximum power of 500hp at 5600rpm. Unlike other Superbikes, Dodge Tomahawk has four wheels, two front wheels and two rear wheels. Suprisingly The Tomahawk can go from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. However due to it's four wheels and a few other reasons the bike isn't certified for legal use in the U.S.A. Some controversy has been aligned to these results as can be read in Wikipidea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Tomahawk


There is such a thing as an Ice Volcano - 'Enceladus', One of Saturns moons, has a curious feature. It's southern polar region contains 'Cryovolcanoes' - an exotic type of geyser that spews ice instead of magma. It happens when ice deep below the surface gets heated and turned into vapor that then erupts into the moon's chilly atmosphere as ice particles.


Fox's use the Earth's magnetic field. Like a guided missile, the fox harnesses the Earth's magnetic field to hunt. Other animals, like birds, sharks, and turtles, have this 'Magnetic Sense', but the fox is the first one discovered that uses it to catch prey. According to 'New Scientist', the fox can see the Earth's magnetic field as a 'Ring Of Shadow' on it's eyes that darkens as it heads towards Magnetic North. When the shadow and the sound the prey is making line up, it's time to pounce!.


A bit of A-Team trivia here - B.A. never actually says "I Pity The Fool". This was a catchphrase belonging to Mr T, but just like "Play It Again Sam" and "Beam Me Up Scotty", the exact quote never appeared in the series. Usually B.A. preferred to call people "Suckers".

Despite all the silly cartoons and films you've ever seen a bull does NOT charge at just red, in fact it would charge at anything in any colour waved towards it. In short Bulls are colour-blind and cannot distinguish one colour from another - the red cape worn by Torreadors, matadors etc is really just for show purposes.

The song 'Yesterday' by the Beatles and in particular Paul McCartney was originally called 'Scrambled Eggs' thank god they changed it!

The song by Sting/Police about Walking on the Moon was originally to be called 'walking round your room'

At the end of Invisible Sun you can hear a haunting line from 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly' from 'My Fair Lady'