Interesting facts

[Goofyernmost]

Joseph Stalin used to have people removed from photos after they died or were removed from office.

He probably was responsible for them being removed from office followed by making them dead.

 

[trr1]

Since 1945, all British tanks have been equipped with the necessary items for making tea.

 

[trr1]

Pope Gregory IV once declared war on cats because he believed Satan used black cats. His declaration lead to the mass extermination of cats.

 

[trr1]

That lack of cats led to a rat infestation which led to the spread of the plague.

 

[trr1]

John Adams was the first president to live in the White House.

 

[trr1]

Go to bed! Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, and the Challenger explosion have all been attributed to a lack of sleep.

 

[trr1]

The average person living in Sweden eats about 22 pounds of chocolate a year.

 

[Goofyernmost]

The average person living in Sweden eats about 22 pounds of chocolate a year.

I can knock that out in a week and a half.

 

[trr1]

While the Wright Brothers are famous as a pair, they actually only flew together once. They promised their father they’d always fly separately.

 

[trr1]

Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.

And yet have the same number of Senators representing them as all of California. What's wrong with that picture

 

[Bullseye1967]

And yet have the same number of Senators representing them as all of California. What's wrong with that picture

I'm all for more senators representing cows!

 

[trr1]

Parts of the Great Wall of China were made with sticky rice.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

Parts of the Great Wall of China were made with sticky rice.

Really? That IS an interesting fact.
Are you able to share a link on that?

 

[trr1]

Really? That IS an interesting fact.
Are you able to share a link on that?

Great Wall of China's strength 'comes from sticky rice'

The secret of the strength and longevity of the Great Wall of China lies in the sticky rice that was used as its mortar, Chinese scientists have found.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The Great Wall Has Stood For Centuries Thanks To Sticky Rice

The sticky rice mortar used on the Great Wall of China bound the bricks so tightly that weeds still haven’t sprouted in many locations!

www.ripleys.com

Sticky Rice Holds Ancient Chinese Buildings Together

The gloppy side dish has helped ancient Chinese buildings stand for centuries, says a new study decoding the mixture's "legendary strength."

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[trr1]

Ninety percent of the world’s population lives above the equator.

 

[trr1]

Finland has more saunas than cars.

 

[trr1]

Sixty percent of the World’s lakes (three million total) are located in Canada.

 

[trr1]

Virginia is the only state that has the same state flower and state tree, the Dogwood.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

The number of college students preparing to become teachers is 50% less it was back in the early 1970s
In the last ten years, the number of people completing teacher prep programs has dropped by 35%