Heroin and Aspirin were created in the same year, by the same guy - 1897 by Felix Hoffman.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Random Fact #47: Vacation Home
The International Space Station is as roomy as a five-bedroom home and travels over 1,700 MPH.
Random Facts #46: Time Is Of The Essence
Time is the most commonly used noun in the English language.
Random Fact #44: Mountain Climbing
Scientists estimate that there are more than 100,000 undiscovered mountains in the ocean.
Random Fact #43: Cows have accents?
The moo of cows depends on their region, just like the accents of human beings.
Random Fact #42: Can you please pass the salt?
If all the salt from the ocean was spread evenly across the land, it would be over 500-feet thick.
Random Fact #41: Lyrical Inspiration
The King James Version of the Bible has inspired more pop songs than any other book.
Random Fact #40: Wikipedia > Encyclopedia
Wikipedia in English has 26 times more articles than the entire Encyclopedia Britannica.
Random Fact #39: Size Doesn't Matter
Graphene is the world's strongest material. Although it is a million times thinner than paper it is 200 times stronger than steel.
Random Fact #38: Increasing Knowledge
Currently, human knowledge is doubling roughly every 12 months. Soon, thanks to technology, knowledge will double every 12 hours.
Random Fact #36: Strong Saliva
Human saliva contains a painkiller that is six times as strong as morphine, called oriorphrin.
Random Facts #35: Increased Knowledge
In 1900, all the mathematical knowledge in the world could be combined into roughly 80 books; today it would take more than 100,000 books.
Random Fact #34: Wives and Handcuffs?
In Spanish, the word "Esposas" means both Wives and Handcuffs.
Coincidence?
Random Post #33: Increased Risk
Consuming cocaine increases your chances of having a heart attack within the next 60 minutes by 2,400%.
Random Facts #32: Time & Money
Sending a man to the moon and searching for Bin Laden cost the US Government the same amount of time and money - 10 years and $100 billion.
Random Fact #31: School History
The word "school" comes from the Greek language, meaning "free time"
Random Fact #30: OMG's First Usage
The term OMG was first used by a British General in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917.
(OMG is short for "Oh My God")
Random Fact #29: Rare Beauty
Only 2% of the world's female population describe themselves as beautiful.
Interesting fact #28: Excessive Tax Rebate
In 2009, EXXON made a profit of $19 billion and still receive a $125 million tax rebate.
Random Fact #27: George Foreman is Richer Than Ever
George Foreman has already made more money from his famous grills
than he did throughout his boxing career.
Random Fact #25: London Mice Population
Roughly half a million mice live in London's Underground System.
Random Fact #24: 4,000 Burgers a Minute?!
One cow produces enough meat for 4,000 McDonald's burgers.
4,000 McDonald's burgers are eaten every minute.
This means that McDonald's customers around the world eat one cow every single minute.
Random Fact #23: Viagra Demand
Seven (7) Viagra pills are sold every single second.
(21 pills were sold in the time it takes you to read this all)
Random Fact #22: Lethal Chocolate
A lethal dose of chocolate for the average human is
roughly 22 pounds, equivalent to 44 Hershey Chocolate Bars.
Random Fact #21: World War I Chemo?
Chemotherapy is actually a byproduct of the mustard gas that was used in World War I.
Random Fact #20: Human Mushrooms?
Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
Random Fact #19: Asian Capital Cities
Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo all mean "Capital" in their respective language.
Random Fact #18: Killer Botox
Botulinum toxin, a form of which is used to create BOTOX, is the most acutely toxic substance known to mankind. Just 1/2 a pound of it is enough to kill the entire world's population.
Random Facts #17: British Splurge on Makeup
The typical British woman spends over $160,000 USD on makeup in her lifetime.
Random Fact #16: Feminine Hitler
America's Secret Service attempted to inject Hitler's food with female hormones to try
and make him more feminine.
Random Fact #15: "Candy" Crush Trademark
It is illegal to use the word "candy" on a video game.
The creators of Candy Crush were somehow able to trademark it.
Random Fact #13: Why do old people smell?
The "smell" of old people is caused by a chemical called 2-Nonenal that secretes through their skin.
Random Fact #11: How many drinks combinations does Starbucks offer?
Starbucks offers over 87,000 different drink combinations.
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