Fun/Cool/Random Facts

[Smiley.Socks]

Bron-yr-Aur Stomp by Led Zeppelin was actually written in a cottage called Bron-yr-Aur.

 

[m!ssemmx0]

Bron-yr-Aur Stomp by Led Zeppelin was actually written in a cottage called Bron-yr-Aur.

The cottage was in the middle of the woods in Wales, and had no running water, plumbing, or electricity.

 

[m!ssemmx0]

Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band was named after E Street in Belmar, New Jersey.
Paul McCartney goes by his middle name.
Both John Lennon and his son Sean were born on October 9th.

 

[BK228]

Brad Pitt has been smoking since the 6th grade.


-Courtesy of the Cool Facts ipod app

 

[dancer4life22]

i heard that martha stewart cloned herself to boost her empire! (i highly doubt thats true!)

in california, animals can be arrested for mating within 1,500 feet of a school or place of religious worship!

 

[SNES]

According to a Harvard School of Public Health study, nearly twice as many people commit suicide in the 15 states in the US with the highest gun ownership rates than in the six states with the lowest rates.

 

[disneykid123]

Pigs cannot look up towards the sky, it is physically impossible.

I don't know where i found this out but i'm pretty sure that it's right.

 

[Smiley.Socks]

The cottage was in the middle of the woods in Wales, and had no running water, plumbing, or electricity.

yay for pointless led zeppelin facts!


Club 27 or the Forever 27 Club is the name of a group of rock musicians who all died at the age of 27. Some of the musician's usually included in the 27 Club are;
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones.) - Drowned in a swimming pool.
Jimi Hendrix. - Choked on his own vomit.
Janis Joplin - Heroin Overdose.
Jim Morrison (The Doors) - "Heart Failure" (No autopsy performed).
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) - Suicide.
Rudy Lewis (The Drifters) - Drug Overdose.
Richey James Edwards. (Manic Street Preachers) - Disappeared, presumed dead Nov. 2008.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Nick Jonas was in a Chuck E. Cheese commercial when he was younger.

Of course I had to add a Nick fact <3

 

[disneykid123]

Nick Jonas was in a Chuck E. Cheese commercial when he was younger.

Of course I had to add a Nick fact <3

Well, why not?

 

[marypops!]

There are 9,999 rooms in the Forbidden City in China. It is not 10,000 because 9 is a lucky number in Chinese culture.

 

[dancer067]

Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band was named after E Street in Belmar, New Jersey.
Paul McCartney goes by his middle name.
Both John Lennon and his son Sean were born on October 9th.

his real name is John. Just thorwin' that out there. GENIUS (probably the only fact on this thread that I knew though )

... anyways,

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.
On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
Blueberry juice boosts memory
Humans forget 90% of their dreams

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

his real name is John. Just thorwin' that out there. GENIUS (probably the only fact on this thread that I knew though )

... anyways,

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.
On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

i'm not sure if it's just nails or nails and hair, but nails don't grow after death, the skin around them just dehydrates and shrinks, giving the appearance of them growing.

 

[marypops!]

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
Blueberry juice boosts memory
Humans forget 90% of their dreams

Mythbusters disproved the paper thing... Oh wait, that was a giant piece of paper!

If I drunk blueberry juice, would I remember more of my dreams?

It is both hair and nails don't don't grow.

Uhm... The White House is actually grey. It's just painted white.

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

Mythbusters disproved the paper thing... Oh wait, that was a giant piece of paper!

If I drunk blueberry juice, would I remember more of my dreams?

It is both hair and nails don't don't grow.

Uhm... The White House is actually grey. It's just painted white.

I was gonna say the paper thing but they said normal paper. I know it works with huge and thin paper. xD

 

[Elvistelth]

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

That is B.S. When you die all cellular activity in the body ceases.

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

Antartica is the largest desert.
A chicken can live for 2 years without it's head.
Chameleons change colour based on their emotional state, not to match their background.
Champagne is an English invention. As was the guillotine.
There are 4,360 known species of frog, but only one makes a 'ribbit' noise.
No-one has ever found a centipede with exactly 100 legs.

 

[princesskelz]

That is B.S. When you die all cellular activity in the body ceases.

Your right. My mom has worked with cadavers and says when after you die your body starts to shrivel and shrink giving the appearance your nails and hair have grown.... but all cellular activity in the body does cease so decomposition may begin.

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

Most of the tigers left live in the USA.
There are only 2 types of poisonous snakes in the world.
Mars isn't red.
Baseball was invented in England.
We are in an Ice Age right now.