Historical curiosities

This is a space to share the useless but weird or interesting facts that you know and many people don't.

- Coke was originally green.

- The caw of a duck doesn't make echo and nobody knows why.

- A lot of years ago, the clans got rid of the undesirables burning their homes, that's why when a person is dismissed of his/her job, the boss says 'You're fired'

- The Kisses of Hershey have that name 'cause the machine that makes them seems to be kissing the transporting band.

- The Pentagon has the double of the bathrooms that it needs 'cause it was built the law required a bath for the black people and another for the white people.

- It's impossible to sneeze without closing your eyes.

- When you sneeze your heart stops beating.

- That all a hickup is is a malfunction in brain waves and that if you trick your brain by doing something else like chewing something crunchy you will quite hickuping.

400 years ago, Sweden was a superpower.

Hitler was a vegetarian.

Sealand is the only sea-platform-nation in the world.

- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before dying of hunger.

- Iceland consumes more Coke per capita than any other country in the world.

- Japan has more HAM radio operators per capita than anywhere else in the world.

- When lightening strikes, it is from the ground up even though it looks like it originates from the sky.

- The North American wild territory percentage is higher than the African wild territory (38% to 28%)

- It's possible to make a cow go upstairs but is impossible to get her down (by herself)

- The name Jeep comes from the abbreviation of 'General Purpose' US army vehicle, GP

- The elephants are the only animals that can't jump

>Clouds fly higher during the say than at night.

>1.5 billion kilograms of chocolate are consumed worldwide each year.

> The king of Hearts is the only king without a moustache (referring to a deck of cards).

> A foetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.

> The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

> Cats have better memories than dogs.

> Star fish don't have brains.

- cat pee glows under a black light
- lipstick contains fish scales

- A common person laughs approximately 15 times a day

- The 95% of the people think is drives better than anyone else

- Thomas Alva Edison was afraid of dark

- The word 'cementery' comes from the greek koimetirion that means dormitory

- During the north American secession war, when the troops get back to their quarters without any missing person, they put in a big slate '0 killed'. That's where the expression 'OK' comes

Keep the info coming Bob, it may be useless to some but still pretty interesting to know these little facts.

- carrots were originonally Purple, and were among the first vegetables to be GM and turned orange!

Thanks cowgirl

Hey, Domz0r that's fantastic.

If you think about it, it is really hard to imagine a purple carrot

I know its really hard to imagine, so by the power of Google, use image search and just type purple carrot