General Random Facts Topic

[ShiraBliss]

Elephants are the only animals with 4 knees C:

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you can write the word "typewriter" using only the top row of the letter keys on your keyboard

[ShiraBliss]

In Chess, 'Checkmate' comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat' which translates to 'The King (shah) is dead (mat)'

[Milsap]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters), is the longest official place name in the world. It's in New Zealand, and means "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one". It beats the Welsh town of  Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters) by nearly thirty letters.

In addition. The capital of Thailand is not Bangkok, but Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. Which is the official name.

[LaserDuck]

you can write the word "typewriter" using only the top row of the letter keys on your keyboard

I heard that the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to do that as a sales gimmick....

[ShiraBliss]

Did you know that a notch in a tree will stay the same distance from the ground as the tree grows? C:

[Catstorm]

The first novel ever written on a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Good thing I have this book of random facts right next to me.

[MOP]

I love this random fact. Wandering albatross will pair up in their teens and can be together for more than 40 years.  :3

[Gusparce]

Over 60% of Engligh comes from Latin.

[kr9q]

((I learned this a few months ago so, I barely remember it.))
There is this bird that migrates the most. It is the most travelled bird IN THE WORLD. It lives in North Pole/South Pole then migrates to the South Pole/North Pole when it get to cold. Read THAT in a book on migration.

[IvanWolf♥]

In WW2, out of the 3.2 million Germans killed, 2.2 million of them were killed by Russian soldiers ^^

[MOP]

Pigs are actually very intelligent. They have been taught to play basic computer games in return for rewards and are being looked at as possible guides for the blind.

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if you are at a party you can put your hand in the air a bit and people will notice you are having fun

[Spriter]

Did you know?

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

Coincidence or what?

[hermesguy]

The ancient Egyptian name for Egypt was Kemet, which means Black =]

That was because the soil there was black and fertile, the dersert around it was known as the Red Land.

Giraffes have no vocal chords

I learned that in kindergarden. I asked, though.

Lewis Carrol never refered to his character as the "Mad Hatter". He calls him mad, and the "Hatter", but not the "Mad Hatter".