The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

@k00b you should keep the meme. No one gets it but that's what makes it great.

In the year of 1582, October, there are 9 days missing. Try checking on your phone the calendar app. Why? Here: https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-the-gregorian-calendar

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

source: https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2012/08/weird-facts-46/

The Turkish people living in Anatolia today used to define themselves as Ottomans 100 years ago. They didn't know they were Turkish. The language of literacy was a made-up language called Ottoman, which was similar to Arabic. For this reason, all humanity continues to confuse us with Arabs. And they're not wrong about that. Because even we learned that we are Turks 100 years ago. Sad but true!

1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place

Ketchup was originally medicine:

"...you’d be surprised to know that ketchup only had tomatoes in it starting 1834. Before, ketchup was made with a mix of fish and mushrooms. When Dr. John Cooke Bennet added tomatoes to the mix, he claimed that the antioxidants gave it a medicinal property. He had a pill salesman turn his tomato ketchup into pills and claimed it could treat diarrhea, indigestion, jaundice, and rheumatism."

This Is How Long You'd Survive on Every Planet in the Solar SystemThis Is How Long You'd Survive on Every Planet in the Solar System

https://www.discovery.com/science/how-long-survive-on-every-planet

Since the inception of the Bitcoin Network in 2009, nearly $10 trillion USD has been settled on-chain using Bitcoin (BTC) - with more than $7.5 trillion in payments being settled just from 2018 onwards! None of these transfers required a bank. https://www.cointree.com/learn/10-surprising-bitcoin-facts/

Rain of fish; in Honduras, there is an annual phenomenon known as "Lluvia de peces" or "Rain of Fish" where fish fall f om sky during rainstorm. This one rare event typically occurs in the city of yoro and has been observed for over a century.

since we're on stacker news, i will go for a money one

In ancient societies, like in parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, cowrie shells were widely used as a form of currency. The phrase "shelling out" comes from this practice of using shells as money. These small shells were prized for their durability and portability

Origin of the expression "daylight robbery"

In 1696, William III of England introduced a property tax which required those living in houses with more than six windows to pay a levy. In order to avoid the tax, house owners would brick up all windows except six. (The Window Tax lasted until around 1851, and older houses with bricked-up windows are still a common sight in UK.) As the bricked-up windows prevented some rooms from receiving any sunlight, the tax was referred to as daylight robbery.

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The magical word “abracadabra” was originally supposed to be spoken to people with hay fever, which would supposed to cure them.

A venn diagram on bots and wizards consists of two circles which never intersect.

Plants that listen to music grow faster and healthierPlants that listen to music grow faster and healthier

Sound is ubiquitous in nature. Recent evidence supports the notion that naturally occurring and artificially generated sound waves contribute to plant robustness. New information is emerging about the responses of plants to sound and the associated downstream signaling pathways. Here, beyond chemical triggers which can improve plant health by enhancing plant growth and resistance, we provide an overview of the latest findings, limitations, and potential applications of sound wave treatment as a physical trigger to modulate physiological traits and to confer an adaptive advantage in plants. We believe that sound wave treatment is a new trigger to help protect plants against unfavorable conditions and to maintain plant fitness

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797535/

I think of all my fun facts after/before Friday.

The world's longest walking route goes from Cape Town (South Africa) to Magadan (Russia). It is 22,387 km and takes 4,492 hours to walk it. Along the way, you cross 17 countries, 6 time zones and all seasons.

The first email was QWERTYUIOP In the history of the Internet, there are many myths about who was the first user, and who could put an end to this great invention. However, if we have a curious and certain fact about the Internet, it is about who was the first person to use email and send an email. It is Raymond Samuel Tomlinson. He created an Arpanet system to send emails between two different users. In an interview, he declared that the test message was “QWERTYUIOP.”

In the Bible it is not a mistake to define the hare as a ruminant. In reality, these rodents do carry out the act of ruminating although they do not have 3 or 4 gastric cavities.

Here is the link to the explanation

https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=1200001083&srcid=share

There was a time when you could buy Bitcoin on EBay.

The $35 trillion (and growing) gross federal debt equals debt held by the public plus debt held by federal trust funds and other government accounts.

I think the criteria to judge the winner of these bounties should be now adopted from SN ~Music Pool.

As you know time plays a bias on the comments here as well.

Your brain is constantly eating itself 🧠

Most freshwater is in ice.

Just 3.5 percent of Earth’s water is fresh—that is, with few salts in it. You can find Earth’s freshwater in our lakes, rivers, and streams, but don’t forget groundwater and glaciers. Over 68 percent of Earth’s freshwater is locked up in ice and glaciers. And another 30 percent is in groundwater.

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/10-things-water/