Unusual, But Interesting, Facts
If you are looking to make conversation at a party, you need some topics that get people chatting. Politics is an obvious choice, but odd little tidbits of information usually are less controversial. Here are a few that always work.
1. Think eating celery is a good way to lose weight? You are right. You will expend more calories eating it then you will take in.
2. Think the longest word in the English language is supercalofragilistic? Nope. Not even close. The longest word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This whopper of a word is the name for a lung disease. Imagine catching it and then being unab
3. The Drinking Habit of Sheep - You might consider sheep to be a boring, every day kind of animal. In truth, they have their odd little characteristics like everyone else. One is the fact sheep will not drink running water.
4. Fingerprints of Lions - Every lion is unique just like human beings. With humans, you can tell from our fingerprints. With lions, it is the whiskers. No two sets of whiskers are the same on any lions.
5. Cats and Your Pregnancy - In our modern society, most women will go in for an ultrasound to find out about the health of their baby in the womb. No need. Get a cat. Cats can here ultrasound waves. One meow is good...
6. Who Was Mona Lisa? - The famous painting of Mona Lisa has an odd quirk about it. The painting was not named Mona Lisa. The real name is La Giaconda.
7. Rice Varieties - Rice is rice, right? Nope. While you might think of brown and white rice as your choice, there are actually 15,000 different varieties.
8. Hippo on the Run - Hippos are big, heavy beasts that look slow and meandering. In truth, they are fast, fast, fast. How fast? They can outrun you, me and any other human being.
9. Manhole Covers in Russia - Why don't you ever walk around a Russian city at night without a flashlight? The streets aren't lit and many manhole covers are missing.
10. Korean Kids - Is there a difference between living conditions in North and South Korea? You decide - the average six year old in South Korea is three inches taller than the same child in North Korea.
As you can imagine, the above represents only the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to strange and often useless tidbits of information. Nonetheless, these 10 will get people talking.
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