No one is entirely sure why duck quacks produce no echoes. India reveres cows so much that they have a bill of rights in place to protect them! 28.
There’s no beef about India’s rights laws.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, her most famous work, was actually the result of a ghost story competition! The other entrants? Her partner Percy Shelley and poet Lord Byron.Ģ7. Oddly enough, Ozzy himself decided to join the protests himself for a bit of a laugh! 26. One of the most interesting cases of protest occurred when religious opponents to the music of Ozzy Osbourne picketed one of his concerts. Plenty of Christian protestors have spoken out against rock music over the years. Ozzy Osbourne has a unique sense of humor. While in Kentucky, US, make sure to never carry ice cream in your back pocket. Somehow – and this is completely true – police in the country detained a coconut on the grounds of vote-rigging! 24. Of all the political intrigue and scandal that has occurred in the past few years, few are as odd as what took place in the Maldives in 2013. The concept of the periodic table first started life in a dream. You can blame some of your school education on sleep inspiration.
There is a street in Valladolid, in Spain – Calle Me Falta un Tornillo – which translates roughly to ‘I’ve Got a Screw Loose Street’. Squirrels are some of the most forgetful animals on the planet! It’s thought that so many trees are able to grow annually thanks to the critters forgetting where they stashed their nuts and acorns! One of Barry Manilow’s most famous songs is ‘I Write The Songs’. There’s a competition in Sweden where pet owners take their rabbits show jumping! Why should horses and dogs have all the fun? The competition in question is Kaninhoppning. The first President of Zimbabwe – President Banana – actually brought in a law to stop people making fun of his name. “Make fun of me – off to prison with you!” What is an almond? Guess again.Īn almond is technically a peach – or, at least, it’s in the same species or family. While it’s not prescribed for any kind of ailment these days, it was relied on in the 19th Century for all kinds of bodily issues. Tomato ketchup was actually once used as a medicine. The buyer had bid – and paid – an eye-watering $1.4 million!īanksy, Marble Arch, London 15. Bansky once shredded more than $1 million in public.īansky, the famous street artist, once sold a piece of work at auction that shredded itself as soon as the gavel went down. In fact, it was first developed as wallpaper cleaner! It wasn’t until the manufacturer realized that the non-toxic nature of the product would make a great children’s toy that the whole aim of the product changed. Play-Doh wasn’t always a children’s plaything. It’s estimated that the average fart travels at a speed of 7 miles per hour! 13. There’s nothing wrong with a healthy sense of humor.īlink-182 decided to incorporate their band under a funny name – ‘Poo Poo Butt LLC’ – as they thought it’s be funny to hear accountants use the name in important conversations on a daily basis. Why? His dog ate the first draft! “The poor fellow may have been acting critically,” Steinbeck mused. Of Mice and Men, one of John Steinbeck’s classic novels, almost didn’t make it to the publisher at all. “My dog ate my homework” – John Steinbeck
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The very first movie to show a toilet being flushed was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture, Psycho.ġ0. Hitchcock brought the throne to the big screen. But do you know their scientific or official name? It’s gorilla gorilla gorilla! At least, that’s what the Western Lowland gorilla is known as! 9. Gorillas are some of the most fascinating animals on the planet. You can’t hum if you’re holding your nose. A quarter of US citizens are space-heads…Ībout 25% of people in the USA believe that the Sun orbits the Earth, and not the other way around. Since then, however, we’ve gotten better at brewing tasty blends on purpose! 6. It’s thought that leaves of tea once blew into boiling water back in ancient China. Tea was discovered completely by accident. This one’s very strange but true -turtles are able to breathe through their backsides. In fact, it’s thought that each cow on the planet has a best friend of sorts! Cows have their own neighborhoods.Ĭows are intelligent enough to make friends. One to try at home.ĭid you know – it’s impossible to lick your elbow. He beat Labour’s Peter Mandelson to the job! 2. Hartlepool, UK, once elected a football mascot – a monkey – as its mayor. Here’s a stack of funny facts to get you laughing – from the downright strange to the outright unbelievable! 1. We’re here to share with you some of the most fascinating and intriguing facts on the planet – but this time around, we’re going with a bit more of a humorous angle.
Therefore, it’s always worth diving into a few of the more humorous facts life has to throw at us. Everyone loves laughing – don’t they? The world is a pretty funny place.
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