Here’s another fun fact: the tramcars used to be made from wood, but over the years, they have evolved to use steel instead for better durability and safety. Why do locals call the tram ‘Ding Ding’? The endearing nickname ‘Ding Ding’ originates from the warning sounds of the ...
In fact, it's the most recorded Christmas song of all time. 10. This famous comedy team met in 1945 and began their comic team in 1946. Their names are Dean and Jerry. What are their surnames? Answer: Martin and Lewis Dino Paul Crocetti, better known as Dean Martin, was born on ...
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Fun and Surprising Facts about the Lone Star State It’s Big (Like, Huge!) Texas is big – very big. Alaska is the only US state that is larger. But Texas is also bigger than any country in Western Europe. In fact, if Texas was a country,it would be the 40th largest in the wor...
Fun & Fancy Free: Directed by Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William Morgan, Bill Roberts. With Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten, Anita Gordon. Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "
Irene Joliot-Curie and her husband, Frederic Joliot, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. This remarkable achievement was made even more remarkable by the fact that Irene's parents, Marie and Pierre Curie, had also been awarded the No...
Hippos can’t swim. Hippos really do have big bones, so big and dense, in fact, that they’re barely buoyant at all. They don’t swim and insteadperform a slow-motion gallop on the riverbedor on the sea floor. In fact, hippos can evensleep underwater, thanks to a built-in reflex...
directives made by many others, including Cicero, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and President Warren G. Harding, who told the 1916 Republican convention: “We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it, and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.”...
Check out other fun facts about alcohol! Sonic the Hedgehog isn’t his full name. In fact, Sega’s posterboy is actually named Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Because of a membrane that holds its tongue to the roof of its mouth, a crocodile can’t ...
WTF • Fun • Fact Beer lovers agree: a cold beer tastes better. But why? Let’s explore the science behind why chilling beer improves its taste. It turns out that temperature plays a crucial role in how we perceive flavors and aromas....