LITTLE KNOWN PIECES OF INFO
Added on: 21st May 2016
THERE IS TOWN IN OKLAHOMA CALLED OKAY.
ON MAPS IT IS ABBREVIATED AS OKAY, OK
AN AVERAGE HORSE IS CAPABLE OF NEARLY
15 HORSEPOWER
M&M STANDS FOR MARS AND MURRIE'S,
WHICH ARE THE FOUNDER'S LAST NAMES
THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY FROM 1932 TO 1940
INCLUDED A MISPRINTED WORD WHICH HAD NO
DEFINITION, 'DORD'. ‘DORD’ BECAME KNOWN
AS A ‘GHOST WORD’
THE SUN ACCOUNTS FOR 99.86% OF THE MASS IN
THE SOLAR SYSTEM. ABOUT HALF OF THE
REMAINDER IS JUPITER
RHINOS CAN COMMUNICATE USING THEIR POOP
AND GET INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER RHINOS
KERMIT THE FROG IS LEFT HANDED
THE NORTH POLE IS ACTUALLY THE EARTH'S
SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE
MOUNT EVEREST WAS ORIGINALLY CALCULATED
TO BE EXACTLY 29,000 FEET HIGH BUT ITS HEIGHT
WAS FIRST PUBLISHED AS 29,002 FEET SO THAT
PEOPLE WOULDN'T THINK IT HAD JUST
BEEN ROUNDED
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