Hey everybody. Everybody loves random facts, right? So I've created this topic to discuss about them.
They must be interesting and real (no need to cite sources, but they must be real) and (according to the AG rules) they must have 7 or more words.
Let me begin.
In England a woman named Ceejay Epton (age 22) decided to change her name after her son was born. The reason: she wanted to help the baby to learn the alphabet faster. Then she changed her name to
"Ceejay A Apple B Boat C Cat D Dog E Elephant F Flower G Goat H House I Igloo J Jellyfish K Kite L Lion M Monkey N Nurse O Octopus P Penguin Q Queen R Robot S Sun T Tree U Umbrella V Violin W Whale X X-Ray Y Yo-yo Z Zebra Terryn Feuji-Sharemi"
She got the idea from a friend that wanted to be named "Pink" and decided to change her name too.
The good news is that on England, the name changing process is easy and costs £10
The russian Sergei Krikalev is the man that spend more time in space: 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes.
An Italian cheese is named Casu Marzu is considered the worst cheese ever: it is eaten with live fly pupas! The flies land on the milk and plant their eggs, that hatch when the cheese is ready. It costs an eye off the face: the pupas jump and may land on the "cheese connoseur"'s eyes.
A hamburger named Monster Thickburger is the most unhealthy one: it has about 103g of fat! And 10000 calories!
On the United States, don't you drink water from the Drinking Fountains on schools. Thousands of schools have repoted to have its drinking fountains poisoned with lead and pesticides. Most part of the toxines come from wells (11% of the schools use water from wells). In California, students are adviced to bring water from home to avoid contamination.
A malasyan woman named Wok Kundor really believe in love: she has married 22 times! She have 107 years of age, while her 23rd husband have 37 years of age. Her husband may leave her, as he went to rehab and she thinks he will never come back. She is already looking for another husband: a 50 year old on the city she lives. If that don't work, she will go to Kuala Lumpur to look for her 24th husband.
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Police in Mexico is heavy! 1300 mexican police officers went into a campaign against obesity because 7 out of 10 cops are overweight. Mexico is the second country with more obese people (behind only the USA)
The Police of Rapid City on the USA arrested a honest thief. 60 year old man Ronnie Powell stole 2800 dollars and was arrested. Less than 24 hours later, he was arrested while he was on the run and ran out of gas. In the police file he told hsi Occupation was: thief.
Abie Goldberry, a Quebec junior hockey player from the 1930's was hit by a puck while playing hockey, which ignited a set of matches that he had in his pocket. His uniform caught on fire and he was burned quite badly before the fire was put out.