Swedish band Roxette‘s success in the US is directly attributed to a Minnesotan who studied abroad in Sweden. He passed off their CD to a Minneapolis DJ and ‘The Look’ quickly became a fan favorite. Other stations followed suit and record label decided to take the act international. The post Swedish band Roxette’s success in… Read More »
New Mexico was the original Sunshine State, unofficially using the slogan prior to statehood in 1912 and eventually adding it to their state license plates in 1932. However, they never made anything official, and Florida managed to adopt an official resolution and steal the slogan in 1970. The post New Mexico was the original Sunshine… Read More »
Shakuntala Devi from India, also known as the human computer, gave the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds. The answer was verified at the US Bureau of Standards by the UNIVAC 1101 computer, for which a special program had to be written to perform such a large calculation. The post Shakuntala… Read More »
Not only are there northern lights (aurora borealis) but there are also southern lights (aurora australis). The southern lights are just as strong as the northern but are more difficult to see due to extremely remote viewing locations. The post Not only are there northern lights… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
Functioning ‘mechanical gears’ were seen in nature for the first time. Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect – showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did. The post Functioning ‘mechanical gears’ were… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
In 2014, the Indian government employed 40 people to impersonate monkeys, to scare off real monkeys causing havoc around the parliament in Delhi. The men made screeching noises similar to those of black-faced langur monkeys, imitating their whoops and barks, to frighten red-faced macaque monkeys The post In 2014, the Indian government employed… appeared first… Read More »
In 1991 it was discovered that the heart has its “little brain” or “intrinsic cardiac nervous system.” This “heart brain” is composed of approximately 40,000 neurons that are alike neurons in the brain, meaning that the heart has its own nervous system. The post In 1991 it was discovered… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source