Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Ships and Boats. 1-5 Facts About Ships and Boats 1. A Frenchwoman, Jeanne de Clisson, became a pirate in the 1300’s to revenge her husband’s death who was beheaded. She sold her lands to buy 3 ships. They were painted black with red sails. She hunted French ships, caught…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Trains. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Trains 1. There is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but you can see it in passing if you take the number 6 train. – Source 2. If someone commits suicide in Japan by jumping…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Salt. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Salt 1. In 2010, Taco Bell secretly reduced the sodium content of its food by 23% at 150 of its restaurants in the Dallas area. Without telling anyone, they replaced the salt with “other spices and other ingredients.” Two months later, they had received…… Read More »
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Lakes. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Lakes 1. In the Philippines, there is an island called Luzon. On this island there’s a lake called Taal Lake. In this lake is an island called Volcano Island. On this island is a lake called Main Crater Lake. In this lake there’s an…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Villages. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Villages 1. In 2009, a Malawian teenager taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. He then went on to build a second, larger windmill to power irrigation pumps. He did this all from books he…… Read More »
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Water. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Water 1. After FIJI Water ran an ad joking that it “wasn’t bottled in Cleveland,” the Cleveland Water Department proved that Fiji Water contained the highest levels of arsenic and other contaminants when compared to Cleveland tap water and other bottled brands – Source…… Read More »
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Coffee. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Coffee 1. Coffee loses caffeine as it is roasted, so a dark, “bold” cup of coffee actually has less caffeine than a lighter roast. – Source 2. The coffee shop manager in the robbery scene at the end of Pulp Fiction is credited as…… Read More »
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About NFL. 1-5 Interesting Facts About NFL 1. According to a Wall Street Journal study in 2010 based on four broadcasts, a standard NFL game features just 10 minutes and 43 seconds of action. Commercials account for nearly 60 minutes of the three hour affairs. When the networks are showing…… Read More »
Perhaps one of the hardest things a 4-year-old kid can learn is to tie his shoes. On the contrary, for adults like us, it’s the simplest and probably the most boring activity we can think of. I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t want to register for a seminar on how to lace shoes, right! It’s obvious,… Read More »
Here are 46 Interesting Facts About Colors. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Colors 1. Color blind people tend to have better night vision and can sometimes see the luminosity of colors that normal-sighted people can’t. With this ability, and the fact that they perceptive colors differently, the U.S. Army discovered that the colorblind could see ‘camouflage’…… Read More »
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Food Grains. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Food Grains 1. Pringles are technically not potato chips but a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and some potato flakes – Source 2. The first pregnancy tests on record were in Ancient Egypt. Women would pee on a field of wheat and barley.…… Read More »