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February used to be the last month of the year.
We may know January and February as the first two months of the year, but these months were actually the last couple of months added to the Gregorian calendar. Before, the Roman calendar only recognized 10 months. However, the winter period was measured in these two months – making February the last month of the calendar. This is also why February has the shortest number of days in a month.
Shoe shops used X-Ray machines to measure shoe sizes.
Way before radiation was fully understood, shoe shops measured sizes through X-rays in the 1940s.
The Big Ben in London is leaning so much that the incline is visible to the naked eye.
Weathering has not been kind to the Big Ben. Experts estimate that it will have the same incline as the Leaning Tower of Pisa in 4,000 years.
Windows key + X: Open the power user menu
Australia has the most beaches in the world.
A fun fact for beach lovers: at 10,000 beaches, you can visit one new beach in Australia every day for more than 27 years.
Windows key + Q: Open Quick Assist for remote assistance
Windows key + Shift + C: Open the Charms menu
Alaska had a cat mayor.
Another interesting fun fact: The Alaskan town of Talkeetna had a cat as mayor for 20 years. You read that right – this feline was affectionately called Stubbs (for his lack of a tail) and served as the town mayor from 1997 to 2017. Stubbs didn’t really have to do much official business, since the little town was merely a historic district and tourist spot.
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Fact: There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive
Most of the volcanoes probably stopped erupting about a billion years ago, but NASA findings have suggested there might still have been active lava flow 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still roaming.
Fact: Dogs sniff good smells with their left nostril
Dogs normally start sniffing with their right nostril, then keep it there if the smell could signal danger, but they’ll shift to the left side for something pleasant, like food or a mating partner. If you’re a dog lover, you’ll want to know these other fascinating facts about dogs.
There is an island in the Bahamas with only pigs as residents.
Another interesting fun fact: Pig Beach is an otherwise uninhabited island in the Bahamas mainly populated by feral pigs. There’s no confirmed theory of why these pigs ended up there in the first place, but some speculate that they came from a shipwreck, a business tactic, or an abandoned ration of food.
Fact: Avocados were named after reproductive organs
You’ll never look at avocados the same way again. Indigenous people of Mexico and Central America used the Nahuatl word āhuacatl to mean both “testicles” and “avocado.” The fruits were originally marketed as “alligator pears” in the United States until the current name stuck.
Eating polar bear liver can kill a human being.
If eaten in one meal, 30-90 g of polar bear liver can be fatal. Its high concentration of Vitamin A is toxic to humans.
Fact: T. S. Eliot wore green makeup
No one is sure why the poet dusted his face with green powder, though some guess he was just trying to look more interesting.
Insects are attracted to light because of the moon.
Bug behavior can be especially strange, but scientists predict that night insects (like moths) are attracted to lights because they used the light of the moon to navigate the Earth way before artificial lights were made.
Windows key + V: Cycle through notifications
Windows key + T: Cycle through apps on the taskbar
Windows key + S: Open Windows Search
Lobster used to be considered the cockroach of the ocean.
It may be found in the most luxurious menus now, but lobster was once eaten regularly by the homeless, slaves and prisoners. However, lobster started to be seen as a delicacy after World War II.
Ctrl + Shift + Z: Redo an action
DreamWorks studios was created by a former Disney employee.
Jeffrey Katzenberg produced some of Disney’s biggest hits, namely: The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. With the success of these classics, he requested a promotion. However, due to internal conflicts, he got fired, instead. It was then that he founded DreamWorks Studios with other familiar film personalities, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen.
Australia has a bright pink lake.
Lake Hillier is a pink lake in West Coast of Australia. Although colored lakes seem to be a norm in the world, Lake Hillier is the only one that scientists have yet to figure out. To this day, reasons for its pink coloration remains to be theory.
Windows key + K: Open the Connect quick action
Windows key + J: Set focus to a Windows tip when a notification is visible
Netflix spent $0 on marketing its DVD rental business, but over 6 million people still used it.
Remember how compact disks feel like in your hand? The frustration of wiping it clean when it starts to skip? Nowadays, it’s all Netflix and chill. However, one of the coolest fun facts about Netflix is how it owned the marketing game in 2014. Despite spending nothing on marketing, sales for DVD rentals soared at an all-time high that year.
Windows key + Shift + Left or Right Arrow: Move a window from one monitor to another
Ctrl + Shift + Click on a taskbar icon: Open an app or program as an administrator
A full jumbo jet tank has enough fuel to drive a car around the world four times.
One of the most mind-blowing fun facts: The average jumbo jet burns roughly a gallon (approx. 4 litres) of fuel every second. Compared to the average car fuel tank, this capacity can fill a car with enough fuel to circle the world four times over. Talk about a road-trip.
Fact: The word “fizzle” started as a type of fart
In the 1400s, it meant to “break wind quietly,” according to the English Oxford Living Dictionaries. These other dictionary facts will make you realize just how interesting these big books are.