21 Quick and Interesting Facts

21 Quick and Interesting Facts

1. Panama hats originated in Ecuador.

2. 22 million bees were used in the making of the movie The Swarm.


3. It's illegal to carry a plank of wood down the street. Click to read more.


4. "I Love Lucy" was the first major network program filmed before a live audience.

5. Starfish don't have brains.

6. Killer whales kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath which causes the shark to explode.


7. The killer whale is also called an orca.


8. Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.


9. Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.

10. A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.

11. 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.

12. Virgina Woolf wrote all her books whilst standing up.


13. During conscription for WWII, there were nine documented cases of men with three testicles.


14. And did you know, both Hitler and Napoleon had only one testicle.


15. Stalin was only five feet, four inches tall.


16. But despite the common myth, Napoleon was average height for a Frenchman. Click to find out more.

17. Swans and Ducks have a penis. 97% of birds don't.

18. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

19. Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.


20. Harrison Ford got paid only $10k for the first Star Wars film.


21. In relation to its size, a barnacle has the largest penis of any animal on Earth.


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