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WTF Fun Fact 13181 – Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Draft

Ray Bradbury hid out in a library basement to write his classic book. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13181 – Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Draft appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact 13180 – Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Wait until you see the name they gave to the fear of long words. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13180 – Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

jiaozi

The first recorded use of paper currency in the world is believed to have occurred in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). The Chinese used paper money in the form of “jiaozi,” which were paper notes issued by the government that could be exchanged for gold or silver. The jiaozi were used primarily as… Read More »

Heat death of the universe

In the late 19th century, British scientist Lord Kelvin made a prediction about the ultimate fate of the universe. He stated that the universe was slowly running out of energy, and that it would eventually reach a state of “heat death,” in which all matter would be evenly distributed and all energy would be used… Read More »

Time travel and dimensions

One interesting and potentially crazy fact about time travel is that according to some interpretations of quantum mechanics, it may be possible to “travel” through time by moving through higher dimensions of space. In this view, time itself is a dimension, just like length, width, and height, and it may be possible to “move” through… Read More »