Amazing Facts – 385 Incredible Facts Your Teacher Did Not Teach You at School - Book 3

Amazing Facts Series, #3

This is the third book in the series - Amazing Facts Series. It is surely going to thrill you endlessly.

See samples below:

1. In the Middle Ages, mistakes and spelling errors made while writing were blamed on a "typo" demon named Titivillus.
2. Until the early 1800s, the slang term for balls was "twiddle-diddles."
3. Only 8% of the world's currency exists as physical cash, the rest is electronic.
4. You can literally be "scared to death." Fear causes your body to pump adrenaline into your blood, which can be toxic in large amounts.
5. In 1994, IKEA became the first company to feature a homosexual couple in a commercial.
6. The creators of Adidas and Puma were brothers and they were both Nazis.
7. YouTube was originally a video dating site called "Tune In Hook Up."
8. The set of "Saved By The Bell" was never taken down completely and has been used for many other shows like "That's So Raven" and "iCarly."
9. Chinese scientists have confirmed that the earliest Tyrannosaurus Rex relatives actually had feathers.
10. "God" is the only character on The Simpsons to ever have 5 fingers on each hand.
11. The FDA allows up to 19 maggots and 74 mites per 100 grams of mushrooms that are canned.
12. Google was originally called BackRub.
13. There are about 10,000,000,000,000,000 individual ants alive on Earth at any given time.
14. Albert Einstein did not speak in full sentences until the age of 9.
15. For centuries gone by, people have used the Beaver testicle and vaginal follicles in the production of traditional medicines as well as some brands of perfume.
16. About 10 people a week are hospitalized from injuries suffered while playing Wii games.
17. Steve Jobs worked summer jobs at an apple farm and liked the Beatles' record label, Apple. Hence, the company's name.
18. Barack Obama told T.V. Guide his favorite cartoon character was Spongebob Squarepants.
19. The name "Harry Potter" is mentioned 18,956 times throughout the entire Harry Potter book series.
20. About 50% of breakups now occur via text message.

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