Here is a list of trivial items you’ve always wished you knew.
- You could swim through the veins of a blue whale.
- The white-throated snapping turtle of Australia breathes through it butt.
- In order for Earth to become a black hole, its entire mass would have to be compressed into a space less than 1 inch in diameter.
- In 1929, the famous television dog Rin-Tin-Tin received the most votes for the Academy Award for best actor but didn’t win.
- The leading role in the movie Forest Gump, was originally offered to John Travolta.
- John Wayne was offered the lead role in Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks but turned it down.
- The famous Dr. children’s book Green Eggs and Ham contained just 50 different words.
- At various points in history the Olympics included competitions in categories such as painting, engraving, architecture, literature, and town planning.
- During World War II, so many NFL players were fighting in the war that the rival Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers temporarily teamed up to form a team called the “Steagles“.
- Until recently, Russia did not consider beer an alcoholic drink. Anything containing less than 10% alcohol is considered a soft drink in Russia until 2011.
ONE OF MY FAVS
More people are killed by vending machines each year than sharks.
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