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Over 70% of people would reveal their passwords for chocolate.
In a 2004 study, 71% of office workers stopped on the street agreed to give up their computer passwords for a chocolate bar. Who could blame them?
A Boeing 747 airliner is made of over 6,000,000 separate parts.
The Boeing 747-8 is known as the world’s longest aircraft. It takes four months to finish building.
Fact: The word “aquarium” means “watering place for cattle” in Latin
Of course, today’s aquariums aren’t for cows. The first aquarium that looks like what you’d imagine was created in 1921 and opened in 1924 in England.
Fact: An employee at Pixar accidentally deleted a sequence of Toy Story 2 during production
Ed Catmull, the cofounder of Pixar, wrote in his book, Creativity Inc., that the year before the movie came out, someone entered the command ‘/bin/rm -r -f *’ on the drive where the files were saved, and scenes started deleting. It would have taken a year to recreate what was deleted, but luckily another employee had a backup of the entire film on her laptop at home.
Fact: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne started Apple Inc. on April Fools’ Day
The three technology innovators signed the documents to form the Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976. But the company was not fully incorporated until January 3, 1977. Thirty years later, the company was renamed Apple Inc. and is no joke. In 2018, Apple became the country’s first trillion-dollar company. Of course, computers have come a long way over the years—here’s what computers looked like the decade you were born.
Fact: The inventor of the tricycle personally delivered two to Queen Victoria
In 1881, Queen Victoria was on a tour on the Isle of Wight when her horse and carriage could not keep up with a woman riding a tricycle. Intrigued by the bike, the queen proceeded to order two. She also asked that the inventor, James Starley, arrive with the delivery. Though you might associate tricycles with toddlers, Queen Victoria made them cool among the elite at the time.
“Pants” used to be a dirty word.
Shortened from pantaloons, “pants” was considered vulgar by some language commentators. In Ambrose Bierce’s 1909 book Write It Right, he wrote the following on using the term “pants” for trousers: “Abbreviated from pantaloons, which are no longer worn. Vulgar exceedingly.”
Fact: Your brain synapses shrink while you sleep
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Sleep and Consciousness studied mice to observe what happens to their brains while they sleep. Dr. Chiara Cirelli and Dr. Giulio Tononi found an 18 percent decrease in the size of synapses after a few hours of sleep. Don’t worry, though—this nighttime brain shrinkage actually helps your cognitive abilities. Speaking of your mind, did you know that these brain myths aren’t true?
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The oceans contain 200,000 different kinds of viruses.
Dive deep into this next fun fact: Marine viruses have been found in the ocean from the surface down to 4,000m deep and from the North to the South Pole. Most of these viruses are harmless to humans. However, they can infect marine life such as whales and crustaceans.
The tallest tower of cupcakes ever made is over 35 feet.
On Sep 23, 2017, Cupcakes of Hope (ZAF) built a tower of cupcakes standing at 35 ft 4” (10.77 m) tall in Vereeniging, South Africa.
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The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
According to a 2016 U.K. study, the most common activity while waiting at a red is adjusting the stereo (59%). More than a third of people adjust the air-conditioner (38%) and a similar number eat a snack (36%).
A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
One typical lightning strike could power a 1000 Watt, 2-slice toaster for 84,000 minutes. During this time, you could make around 100,000 slices of toast.
The Netherlands has a squirrel bridge.
One of the most interesting fun facts about humans’ relationship with animals: After a few squirrel casualties, Netherlands officials built a squirrel bridge across the N44 motorway. The two-year project cost a hefty £120,000. However, to date, only five squirrels have been seen using it.
The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
One of the fun facts you wouldn’t think about: The Canary Islands aren’t named after canary birds! The location was actually named after dogs. Despite being off the coast of Northwestern Africa, the archipelago is actually part of Spain. The area’s Spanish name is Islas Canarias. This name roots from the Latin phrase Canariae Insulae, or “island of dogs.”