In 2011, Irish guitarist Dave Browne set a new world record for the longest guitar session ever. Dave played non-stop for 114 hours, 6 minutes and 30 seconds, between 12 and 17 June. The mega session took place in the Temple Bar Pub in Dublin, Ireland and Dave had breaks of no more than 30 seconds between songs. Dave played a total of 1,372 songs.
v is the only letter in the word 'curve' that doesn't have a curve
Ostriches don’t stick their head in the sand. They couldn’t breath. They do did holes as nests for their eggs and several times each day, they use tgeir head to turn the eggs.
"Illegitimis non carborundum." Vinger Joe Stllwell
What you learn in life is important; those you help learn are more.
In 1929, two Princeton researchers claimed they have turned a living cat into a telephone.
mcdonald's is the worlds largest distributer of toys
The majority of your brain is fat.
That sure explains a lot
“Serendip” is the Old Persian name for Sri Lanka. There was a Persian fairy tale, "The Three Princes of Serendip" and the princes were always finding things they weren't looking for while out on adventures. An English historian coined "serendipity" from an English version of the fairy tale (that had already been translated through several languages before there was an English iteration). For whatever it's worth, this is a random fact that can be used to captivate and impress fellow partygoers at cocktail parties. I promise it works (cough, cough). No, not THAT kind of cocktail -- get your mind out of the gutter.
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”
― Carl Sagan
So I heard that one search on Google uses the same amount of energy required to heat one cup of coffee....let that perk a little...Wow!
Canada trained the first female jet fighter pilot.
True love stories never have endings.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
The earth is an insignificant planet orbiting a rather average star orbiting in a rather average galaxy. It makes me wonder why humanity thinks it is so significant in the grand scheme of all creation.
According to the interwebz, one in three divorce fillings in America includes the word 'facebook'. IDK how true that is, but damn that is interesting.
Banging your head on the wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
only one percent of the population is actually ambidextrous