1. George Washington is the only president that has received 100% of the electoral votes.
2. George Washington never wore a wig, his hair was naturally long and lustrous, although he did use powder to make it white.
3. George Washington grew marijuana in his farm.
4. In George Washington's will, he ordered for his 300 slaves to be freed after his wife died.
5. George Washington was a ginger.
6. JFK's application to Harvard University was only five sentences long.
7. Abraham Lincoln suffered depression so he avoided carrying knives because he feared he would use them on himself.
8. Abraham Lincoln's assassin was a famous actor and Lincoln was also a big fan of him.
9. Abraham Lincoln's son Robert was saved from a train accident by Edwin Booth, son of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
10. Lincoln was the first major leader in the U.S.to feel that women should have the right to vote.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Fun Panda Facts
1. The giant panda is actually a bear.
2. About 2,000 pandas are in the wild.
3. 99% of a panda's diet is bamboo.
4. All pandas in the world are loaned or borrowed from China.
5. Young elephants, pandas, koalas, and hippos eat the fesses of their mothers.
6. Pandas can poop up to 40 times a day.
7. Panda researchers have to put on panda costumes when they want to work with the cubs.
8. The life span of a giant panda is twenty years.
9. The west first found out about the giant panda in 1869, when a french missionary received a skin from a hunter.
10. Female pandas are fertile for only up two three times a year.
11. The giant pandas spend around 55% of their lives collecting, preparing, and eating bamboo.
12. One of the reasons that the WWF logo is a panda is to save printing costs.
2. About 2,000 pandas are in the wild.
3. 99% of a panda's diet is bamboo.
4. All pandas in the world are loaned or borrowed from China.
5. Young elephants, pandas, koalas, and hippos eat the fesses of their mothers.
6. Pandas can poop up to 40 times a day.
7. Panda researchers have to put on panda costumes when they want to work with the cubs.
8. The life span of a giant panda is twenty years.
9. The west first found out about the giant panda in 1869, when a french missionary received a skin from a hunter.
10. Female pandas are fertile for only up two three times a year.
11. The giant pandas spend around 55% of their lives collecting, preparing, and eating bamboo.
12. One of the reasons that the WWF logo is a panda is to save printing costs.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Fun Facts About McDonald's
1. McDonald's first menu items were hot dogs, not hamburgers.
2. One in eight people have been employed by McDonald's
3. McDonalds' Caesar salad is more fattening then their hamburger.
4. McDonald's opens a new restaurant every 14.5 hours.
5. McDonald's restaurants feed 68 million people every day. That is more than the entire population of the U.K..
6. The queen of England owns a McDonald's near Buckingham palace.
7. McDonald's is not the world's largest restaurant chain, Subway is.
8. McDonald's makes about 75 U.S. dollars everyday.
9. In 2005, a man named Ronald MacDonald robbed a Wendy's.
10. McDonald's actually sold pizza in the 70's.
11. McDonald's drive-through won't serve people who come riding horses.
12. There is a McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona that has a blue logo.
13. If you live in the U.S. then you are no further than 115 miles away from a McDonald's.
2. One in eight people have been employed by McDonald's
3. McDonalds' Caesar salad is more fattening then their hamburger.
4. McDonald's opens a new restaurant every 14.5 hours.
5. McDonald's restaurants feed 68 million people every day. That is more than the entire population of the U.K..
6. The queen of England owns a McDonald's near Buckingham palace.
7. McDonald's is not the world's largest restaurant chain, Subway is.
8. McDonald's makes about 75 U.S. dollars everyday.
9. In 2005, a man named Ronald MacDonald robbed a Wendy's.
10. McDonald's actually sold pizza in the 70's.
11. McDonald's drive-through won't serve people who come riding horses.
12. There is a McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona that has a blue logo.
13. If you live in the U.S. then you are no further than 115 miles away from a McDonald's.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Fun Phobia Facts
1. There are more than 400 different phobias well recognized by psychologists.
2.Papaphobia is the fear of the pope.
3. Phobophobia is the fear of having a phobia.
4. Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile device or not connected to the internet.
5. Anatidaephobia is a weird fear somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.
6. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass.
7. Philophobia is the fear of falling in love.
8. Phobias can be memories passed down through genetics in dna according to new research.
9. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler, all suffered from ailurophobia which is the fear of cats.
10. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
11. Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.
12. Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because "something tragic" will happen.
13. Odontophobia is the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care.
2.Papaphobia is the fear of the pope.
3. Phobophobia is the fear of having a phobia.
4. Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile device or not connected to the internet.
5. Anatidaephobia is a weird fear somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.
6. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass.
7. Philophobia is the fear of falling in love.
8. Phobias can be memories passed down through genetics in dna according to new research.
9. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler, all suffered from ailurophobia which is the fear of cats.
10. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
11. Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.
12. Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because "something tragic" will happen.
13. Odontophobia is the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Fun Sea Creature Facts
1. Penguins have an organ near their eye that filters salt from the water out of their system.
2. Penguins can jump up to six feet(1.8 meters) out of the water.
3. It is illegal to eat penguin in the United States of America.
4. In order to discover that penguins sleep more deeply in the afternoon, scientists crept up on penguins at different time of the day and poked them with a stick to wake them up.
5. The average lifetime of a dolphin is fifteen years, but some dolphins have lived fifty years.
6. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
7. Dolphins and whales both give birth with the tail first instead of the head.
8. Whale sharks can live up to 100 years.
9. Octopuses have three hearts.
10. Baby octopuses are as small a flea when they are born.
11. Octopuses are eaten alive in Korea.
2. Penguins can jump up to six feet(1.8 meters) out of the water.
3. It is illegal to eat penguin in the United States of America.
4. In order to discover that penguins sleep more deeply in the afternoon, scientists crept up on penguins at different time of the day and poked them with a stick to wake them up.
5. The average lifetime of a dolphin is fifteen years, but some dolphins have lived fifty years.
6. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
7. Dolphins and whales both give birth with the tail first instead of the head.
8. Whale sharks can live up to 100 years.
9. Octopuses have three hearts.
10. Baby octopuses are as small a flea when they are born.
11. Octopuses are eaten alive in Korea.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Fun Fish Facts!
1. Some fish; like the triggerfish can swim backwards.
2. Most brands of lipstick have fish scales in their products.
3. Many fish can taste without opening their mouth.
4. Goldfish can't close their eyes because of the fact they don't eyelids.
5. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks every hour.
6. Goldfish can see infrared radiation that is invisible to us.
7. One pufferfish contains enough poison to kill 30 people.
8. Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings
9. There is a starfish that has 40 arms.
10. You probably already know but starfish can grow back an arm. Actually one arm can grow back the rest of the body.
11. The Goliath tigerfish is a fish that can eat small crocodiles.
12. Fossil evidence suggests that fish have been on earth for about 530 million years.
13. The toxin in pufferfish is 1200 times deadlier than cyanide.
2. Most brands of lipstick have fish scales in their products.
3. Many fish can taste without opening their mouth.
4. Goldfish can't close their eyes because of the fact they don't eyelids.
5. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks every hour.
6. Goldfish can see infrared radiation that is invisible to us.
7. One pufferfish contains enough poison to kill 30 people.
8. Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings
9. There is a starfish that has 40 arms.
10. You probably already know but starfish can grow back an arm. Actually one arm can grow back the rest of the body.
11. The Goliath tigerfish is a fish that can eat small crocodiles.
12. Fossil evidence suggests that fish have been on earth for about 530 million years.
13. The toxin in pufferfish is 1200 times deadlier than cyanide.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Fun Facts About The Earth
1. 1.3 million earths can fit inside of the sun, and average sized star.
2. It take eight minutes and twenty seconds for light to travel from the sun to the earth.
3. The are 7,500,000,000,000,000,000 grains of sand on earth.
4. The earth's core is as hot as the sun.
5. Lightning strikes earth 100 times per second or 8.6 billion times a day.
6. Earth is the only place in our solar system where water could be present in three different states which are solid liquid and vapor.
7. Antarica is the coldest, windiest, highest and driest continent on earth.
8. Between 100 and 300 tons of cosmic dust enter the earth's atmosphere every day.
9. There are about 500,000 detected earthquakes each year. 100,000 of them can be felt and 100 of them cause damage.
10. If the sun was the size of a beach ball, then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball, and the earth would be the size of a pea.
2. It take eight minutes and twenty seconds for light to travel from the sun to the earth.
3. The are 7,500,000,000,000,000,000 grains of sand on earth.
4. The earth's core is as hot as the sun.
5. Lightning strikes earth 100 times per second or 8.6 billion times a day.
6. Earth is the only place in our solar system where water could be present in three different states which are solid liquid and vapor.
7. Antarica is the coldest, windiest, highest and driest continent on earth.
8. Between 100 and 300 tons of cosmic dust enter the earth's atmosphere every day.
9. There are about 500,000 detected earthquakes each year. 100,000 of them can be felt and 100 of them cause damage.
10. If the sun was the size of a beach ball, then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball, and the earth would be the size of a pea.
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