20 interesting facts

1. More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides.
2. The bagpipe was first made from the liver of a sheep.
3. Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
4. The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910
5. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
6. There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.



1. The Great Depression was an economic depression which took place worldwide during the decade before World War II started. This economic depression started at the end of the 1920’s and lasted for over a decade.
2. Interesting facts about recycling teaches how the process of recycling works when reusing glass, plastic and other waste materials. Learn what plastic drinking bottles you should never refill and reuse to drink from and why you may want to stay away from styrofoam.

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Interesting facts about women  NFL history was made when Shannon Easton became the first woman to ever work as a line judge official in an NFL preseason game. She was a replacement official in the 2012 preseason game for the Green Bay Packers VS  San Diego Chargers. The hat and whistle she used to officiate the game were kept by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Museum and will be displayed.

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Where does Mars get it’s name from?

The planet Mars gets it’s name from Mars, the Roman war god, but it’s also often called the Red Planet, because it has a red appearance which is caused by the iron oxide which is found on the planet’s surface.

Since ancient times and with various cultures, some of the names the planet Mars has been associated with are war, fire, anger, storms, violence, bloodshed, blood, celibacy, rebel and even fertility.

How big is Mars?

The total surface area of Mars is almost 144.8 million square km, which is just a bit over 28% of that of Earth.

5. In the North Pole, penguins do not exist.

Major League Baseball requires that all the umpires working in the league must wear black underwear at every game.

1. Eggplants aren`t vegtables they`re really fruits.

2. 1962 - 8 of the 9 planets aligned for 1st time in 400 years

3. "It was not my class of people. There was not a producer, a press agent, a director, an actor."

4. 1932 - Mickey Mouse & Silly Symphony comics syndicated

5. jan. 16 1777 - Vermont declares independence from NY

1. The origin of the role of bridesmaid goes back several centuries, when friends of the bride would dress the same as she had, in order to confuse any evil spirits lurking in the vicinity, ready to snatch the bride away from her intended. Over time, the role changed to one of "support" from her friends and family members. And of course, a chance for everyone to point and say "but she still isn’t married." Then two creative minds decided to capitalize on the role that has come to traditionally mean second place, second best, not quite up to snuff, etc

2. When Modern man began dealing in the coin of the realm in which he lived, coins carried the value of the material they were made from, i.e. a dollar's worth of gold, five dollars, etc. But of course, if you needed to carry a large sum of money to pay for say, a cow or horse, you needed a considerable number of coins that really dragged down ye olde pants pockets. Enter the invention of the bank note.

3. We regularly shed about 70-150 hairs every day, which is a pretty small number, given what's on the scalp. That shedding is caused by the normal cycle of growth and re-growth, with 90% of our hairs being in the growth phase at any given time, while 10% "rests", or has been shed and is in the process of preparing itself to grow again. In reality, you'd have to lose about 40% of the hairs on your head, before any visible thinning occurred.

4. Much is made of the fact that it takes fewer muscles to smile than frown. Technically that's true, but while smiling can take as little as five pairs of facial muscles it can also take as many as 53 individual ones.

5. Evidence of nose piercing can be traced back to the Middle East of 4,000 years ago, and even appear in the Bible when Abraham sends out a servant in Genesis 24:22 to find a wife for his son. The servant returned with Rebekah, who apparently was so satisfactory, that Abraham gave her "a golden earring". However, the Hebrew word used, "shanf", also translates to "nose ring". For the Berber tribes of Africa, this is still a tradition, with a rich groom providing a larger ring. The practice appeared in India, likely as the result of traveling Moghuls. There, it became the norm for the left nostril to be pierced, and sometimes the ring would be attached to the ear by a fine chain. Occasionally both nostrils were pierced, but for women, the left was most important, as in Ayurveda medicine, this is related to the female reproductive system, and is reputed to ease the pains of periods and childbirth.
Hippies of the modern era brought the fashion back from India, after visiting mystics in the 1960s. As a fashion it waned for a bit, and then bounced back with the punk movement, who used nose, and then other body piercings as a symbol of rebellion against conservative mores.