Awesome Random Facts - Part 1

Awesome Random Facts - Part 1

By May Rostom

 

There are facts we need to know, facts that everyone knows, and facts that we’re totally un-aware of simply because we didn’t look them up. Well, this week’s facts include random pieces of information that cannot be ignored.

. The more a person struggles and pushes to try to get out of quicksand the faster they’ll sink. Staying still and calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand as it is less dense than the quicksand is.

. In 1631, two London bible printers accidentally left the word "not" out of the seventh commandment, which then read, "Thou shalt commit adultery." This legendary book is now known as the "Wicked Bible.”

. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
 The name Jeep came from the abbreviation G.P which is used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle.

 In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking it means "yes."
 Ringo Starr (drummer for The Beatles) appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically, Ringo means "apple” in Japanese.

  When Kleenex was first introduced 1924 to the market in, it was marketed as a makeup or cold cream remover.

  The accent that Mike Myers uses for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother used when she told him bedtime stories when he was a child.

  Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
 The YKK engraved on the zipper of your jeans stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.

“It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before”