Fascinating Facts and Trivia

Comedians, clowns, and comics like to make people laugh. But for people with witzelsucht, telling silly stories and making groan-worthy puns is an uncontrollable impulse.

According to a 2016 article published in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, patients with the condition can't resist "excessive and often inappropriate joking and facetious humor" as well as "a childish or silly excitement."

These days, the Olympics represent the ultimate achievement for many of the world's top athletes.

But when the prestigious games first started in Ancient Greece in 776 B.C., they were part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus, the father of Greek gods and goddesses.

The athletes were all male citizens from every corner of the Greek world

Parrots have the reputation as the most talkative birds in the animal kingdom, but ravens could hold their own in a debate any day.

In captivity, the animals can be trained to mimic human speech, saying basic words like "hello" and "hi" and even coughing like a person

In fact, Edgar Allan Poe had originally written his poem to feature a parrot, rather than the gloomy raven.

1% of the world is left-handed. (oooh that's sinister! ) I wonder how many will get that?

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

Cuba is the only Caribbean island with a railway.

The shortest place name is ‘Å’ - it is located in both Sweden and Norway.

When George Lucas was mixing the American Graffiti soundtrack, he numbered the reels of film starting with an R and numbered the dialog starting with a D.

Sound designer Walter Murch asked George for Reel 2, Dialog 2 by saying "R2D2".

George liked the way that sounded so much he integrated that into another project he was working on.

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?

All invented by women.

White dog turds were once used by tanners to help make candles!

Actor Rufus Sewell's father was an animator and worked on the sequence for Lucy In the Sky(with Diamonds) in the film 'Yellow Submarine'