It's True! (Part 13)
- Jul 5
- 4 min read
Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer when he was 16 years old before entering acting. His favorite lion was a female named Sheba, who he described as very sweet.
Harrison Ford landed the role of Han Solo by sheer dumb luck. He was working as a carpenter, installing a door for Francis Ford Coppola when George Lucas stopped by and was convinced to let Ford read some lines for the movie.
Fun Facts about McDonald's:
Ray Krok bought McDonald's for $2.7 Million dollars in 1961 from the McDonald brothers.
Seven percent of Americans eat at McDonald's every day.
Four hundred quarter pounders can be made from one cow.
The Yellow arches that symbolize McDonald's are white in Paris - the French thought yellow was too tacky for them.
On average, a Big Mac bun has 178 sesame seeds.
In New Zealand McDonald's, they have no Cherry pie option but instead substitute apricot pies.
Fun Music Trivia:
The 1980 song "Rosanna" by Toto was written about Rosanna Arquette.
The naked baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album is named Spencer Eldon.
The longest song title currently catalogued is: "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-O-Beat-O-Flat-On-My Seat-O Hirohito Blues". It was written by Hoagy Carmichael.
There is a band named A Life-Threatening Buttocks Condition.
Happy Birthday to You is the most often sung song in America.
Sheryl Crow's front teeth are fake. She knocked them out tripping on stage early in her career.
Monopoly Fun Facts:
Over 150 MILLION Monopoly board games have been sold since it was introduced in 1935.
The longest Monopoly game was ninety-nine hours long with the players in a bathtub.
Parker Brothers prints over fifty BILLION dollars in Monopoly money a year and every day, more Monopoly money is printed than by the U.S. Treasury.
The most money you can lose in a single turn is $5,070.00.
HMS Artful - The British submarines HMS Artful was designed to stay submerged for over 25 years without surfacing for air thanks to its nuclear power generator that generates both power and fresh oxygen deep underwater. (So many questions in my mind about this one...)
Telephone Silence - On August 4th, 1922, the entire telephone system across the United States and Canada fell silent for one solemn minute to commemorate the funeral of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.
President Richard Nixon, while in a drunken state, ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea in April of 1969 after they shot down a U.S. spy plane. His national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, intervened and made sure that Nixon sobered up before taking such a catastrophic step.
Iceland Church Tax - In Iceland, everyone pays a church tax regardless of their religious beliefs. Those that don't belong to any church aren't left out. Their contributions are funneled to the University of Iceland.
Astronauts are prohibited from eating beans days before flying into space because passing gas in a space suit can cause small tears in the delicate fabric leading to catastrophic results.
Cloudy Ice Cubes are caused by oxygen and other impurities trapped inside. Some fine restaurants and dining establishments boil the water before freezing which removes the air bubbles resulting in crystal clear ice cubes.
Smoking Elementary School Students - In China, over 100 elementary schools are sponsored by tobacco companies, where children as young as 10 are actively encouraged to use tobacco products. Their school uniforms proudly display cigarette logos with a staggering 50,000 cigarettes consumed every single second in China.
Cold water ears - A crucial test of brain function used by physicians is to pour drops of ice-cold water in a patient's ear. Under normal conditions, the eye will look AWAY from the ear getting the cold water. If warm water is put in the ear, the eye will look TOWARD the ear being administered. This reveals the intricate connection between our senses and brain function. This phenomenon is called caloric stimulation and is used to detect brain damage.
Cell Phones Down the Drain - Despite everyone's denial that they don't use them while on the toilet, over seven MILLION cell phones are accidentally lost down the toilet or outhouse drains every single year.
Book Sniffers - There is an actual job among book conservators who work to preserve and restore books and archival materials. These individuals possess a unique skill to uncover hidden signs of decay. With each sniff, they detect mold, mildew and deterioration. These conditions tell the conservator the approximate age and condition of a manuscript needing remediation and preservation.
There you have it! Another edition of True Facts...hope you enjoyed it.
There are some fun facts here. The McDonald's consumption and the smoking in China concerns me, especially after all we know about both. The water drops in the ears intrigued me, and now I know how to make artisan ice cubes, going to ty it🤔
I wonder how they shut down the entire phone system for a minute. Very cool post.
The ice in the ears is is one of the test they used to declare brain death in patients in ICU settings. unfortunately, I’ve been involved in quite a few of them. Another fun fact that could not believe the percentage of people who ingest McDonald’s on a daily basis.