20 Now-You-Know Facts Simply Too Good To Stay Hidden
This list is not meant to be exhaustive, nor is it meant to be definitive. The idea for the list was conceived by my wife and myself over drinks at a friend's house. We enjoy this list of odd facts, so we decided that it would be a fun way to entertain people when having drinks. I took some time to do research on the Internet to find out what sorts of strange facts there are about the world. The result was this list of over 500 odd facts, which was put together in the form of a comedy routine. The first few lists of odd facts were performed at a local comedy club, and received very good feedback from the crowd.
This encouraged me to write a full-length book based on the list. It is titled, “500 Facts That Don't Make Sense,” and is available in print, and e-book format. The book includes some of my favorite facts from the list as well as some new ones.
Scientists measured a temperature of 3.6 billion degrees on Earth.
Moonshiners wore special shoes to make their footprints look like hooves.
Water may predate the solar system.
The black sapote fruit tastes like pudding.
There was a Tinder match in Antarctica.
New York was renamed New Orange for a year.
Stop signs were yellow until 1954.
Viking men used makeup to appear more beautiful.
A jockey died during a race, and still won.
Neil Armstrong once threatened to sue his barber for selling his hair.
Livers regenerate.
20 prisoners fill up Liechtenstein’s only jail.
Kit Kats are filled with Kit Kats.
A pre-teen won Bronze at the Olympcis.
Very few LEGO bricks don’t pass inspection.
One museum is just for inventions that didn’t take off.
The first song is 3,400 years old.
The first draft of BttF had a fridge instead of a DeLorean.
6 mph is the jogging cutoff.
Between 6 and 8 weeks is when a puppy is cutest.
