Have you ever seen grass grow? Watching may be boring, but these are some fun facts about good old grass. And if you’re looking for grass plugs for sale, you may want to look into SodPods. Did you know that grass can make alcohol? It sounds weird but it’s true. Lots of popular drinks are …
Happy International Bikini Day! Well, it’s a belated celebration since the day was yesterday, July 5. Nonetheless, International Bikini Day celebrates the most famous of women’s swimsuits. Considering that there’s not much to a bikini (by design) it sure has made a big impact on popular culture. Although the modern bikini is a relatively new …
Have you read Sports Fun Facts Through The Years: Part One? Because this is part two. As of the 2013 season, the average salary paid to an NFL player is two million dollars a year. That is definitely the most expensive of all the sports fun facts. NFL cheerleaders only make about $70-$90 dollars per …
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These sports fun facts are about football, soccer, baseball and more. What’s your favorite sport? During a game in 1957, a lady named Alice Roth was hit in the head with a ball. Specifically, it hit her in the nose and broke it. As she was getting taken away, the same player fouled the next …
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Have you read Fun Summer Fun Facts Because It’s The Season: Part One? Because this is part two. Americans eat 15 pounds of watermelon every year. The Eiffel Tower gets taller each summer. The monument experiences thermal expansion that causes the structure to grow due to the summer heat. It gets gets inches taller in …
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Enjoy all the summer fun facts for everyone’s favorite season. Or is it? The first day of summer is called the summer solstice. The summer solstice happens every year in June. Monarch butterflies spend their summers in North America before going south. The most lightning storms happen in July. Fire season starts in July, as …
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The United States is very different from other countries. Here are a bunch of reasons why outsiders like the United States. “Hospitality and kindness. On my travels in America, I found the majority of Americans to be kind, keen to help, and lovely to spend time with.” “NASA.” “Free refills at restaurants. Still amazed.” “I …
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We recently published Part 2 of our series on weird bans around the world. In it, we mentioned that Turkmenistan’s ex-dictator, Saparmurat Niyazov, banned lip-syncing to music. But that wasn’t anywhere near the weirdest thing he banned. Niyazov was the last Communist leader of the central Asian country and continued ruling it as “president” until …
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I do love me a good Western. There’s just something about rootin’ tootin’ six-shootin’ cowboys at the lawless frontier that’s so infinitely entertaining. Yet, in reality, there was little rootin’ and even less tootin’, while six-shootin’ was almost unheard of. Yeah, the real Wild West wasn’t actually all that wild. What we now think of …
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Every country in the world bans something, and often for a good reason. But often, the items or reasons for their prohibition don’t make a whole lot of sense. Earlier this year, we brought you a list of 10 strange banned things from around the world. That list, however, was far from comprehensive. So, let’s …
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