I love trivia, and some of these weird (but amazing) facts will make you say “what?!” and have a little more appreciation for the world in which we live.
14 Weird Facts You NEED to Know
1. Coconut water can be substituted for blood plasma.
2. You can become a millionaire in 27 days if you start with a penny and double the money you have every single day.
3. It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.
4. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is a trained mechanic.
5. Sweden sends thank you texts to blood donors if their blood is used.
6. The bubbles in a bubble bath are responsible for keeping your bath water warmer for longer.
7. Sleep cleanses your brain of harmful toxins.
8. There’s a private basketball court on the top floor of the United States Supreme Court building called “the highest court in the land.”
9. Google’s founders tried to sell Google to Excite for $1 million in 1999 but Excite turned them down. Today, Google is valued at $739 billion.
10. A highway in Lancaster, California plays the theme song from “The Lone Ranger” or the “William Tell Overture” whenever a car drives over it at 55 miles per hour. A stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico will play “America the Beautiful” if a car drives over it at 45 miles per hour.
11. Volvo disclosed their revolutionary 1962 patent for the three-point seatbelt (for free) to save lives.
12. Some of the trees in Melbourne, Australia were assigned email addresses so people could report any problems. The trees received love letters instead.
13. Susan B. Anthony voted in the 1872 election and was fined $100 (which she never paid).
14. Barcelona, Spain has hundreds of senior citizen playgrounds, designed to promote life-long health, fitness, and friendship.
Which one of these facts shocked you the most? Tweet me @lorenridinger or leave me a little love in the comment section below.
