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Fun Facts, Strange Facts, and Fun Trivia. New fun facts come here first to be sorted and checked for duplicates and accuracy before being assigned to one of the categories above. These are the most recent entries, but they also have the most mistakes. Hint: press your Ctl and F key at the same time to find a word Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'! Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'. By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors. A fart. The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that’s the gauge they used.

Why did “they” use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing. Okay! Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that’s the spacing of the wheel ruts. So who built those old rutted roads? Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (and England) for their legions. And the ruts in the roads? Now the twist to the story… And you thought being a horse’s ass wasn’t important. 557: Duct tape was invented in 1942 for use by the U.S. Army as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition boxes.: Duct tape was invented in 1942 for use by the U.S. Army as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition.

Mission Impossible: How Squirrels Move Video. Elevator Hack. VERY INTERESTING UNKNOWN FACTS. Anagramsite.com - A List of Anagrams. What Is The Hardest Language To Learn? One question that’s been asked several times is, “What is the hardest language to learn?” After some extensive research, we’ve discovered that the answer can be quite complicated. It’s complicated because the answer is largely subjective (opinion) and it also depends on what your native language is. The answer for one individual may be different for another. Your Native Language While no language is simple to learn, those that are more closely related to your native language are going to be easier to learn than those that are not. Learning a completely different and exotic writing system can also be a big challenge, though that does not necessarily make a language more difficult.

Grammar and sentence structure can often play a larger role in difficulty. The Most Difficult Language According to the NVTC and the Foreign Service Institute, Japanese is, on average, arguably the hardest language for an English speaker to learn. Photo credit and Infographic source. Amazing Fact Generator. Human World. Human World The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth. When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German. St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish. The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.

St. Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died. Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets. A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I. Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish. The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.