Beautiful Minds Inspire Others

Hey everyone

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, I don’t want you to think I’m forgetting about all of you.

Here is another 20 facts that I want to share with you.

• Tirana, the capital of Albania has a lot of things in common with other European capitals – except one.  It’s one of two capitals without a McDonalds. The second is Vatican City.
• Joe Arridy had an IQ of 46 and is known as the “happiest prisoner on death row”. He went into the gas chamber with a smile. It turned out he was innocent.
• Stephen Hawking held a reception for time traveler in 2009, however he didn’t publicise it until after. This way, only people who time travel could attend, nobody else attended.
• Violin bows are made from horse hair.
• There are less than 30 ships in the Royal Canadian Navy which is less than most third-world countries.
• Larry the Cable Guy’s real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney. His Southern accent is fake, he was born and raised in the Mid-West, not the South.
• The youngest Pope in history was Pope Benedict IX he was 11 years old when he got elected. He is the only person to have been the Pope more than once.
• In Svalbard, a remote Norwegian island, it is illegal to die. This is because bodies are unable to be buried safely due to the permafrost on the ground. If you are about to die, they fly you back to mainland Norway to pass on there.
• Gennaro Pelliccia was employed by Costa Coffee as a coffee taster, he had his tongue insured for £10 million since 2009.
• Johnny Cash took three singing lessons before his teacher advised him to stop taking lessons and to never deviate from his natural voice.
• The U.S. Government allowed Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies during the Prohibition era. Walgreens grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.
• People who post their fitness routine to Facebook are more likely to have psychological problems.
• Chastity belts are a myth. A big majority of examples now existing were made in the 18^th and 19^th centuries as jokes.
• Millionaires with $1 million isn’t considered wealthy anymore by most Americans. Now, the typical American sees at least $2.4 million as wealthy.
• The Flintstones was the first ever animated show to air during primetime.
• In 1325, two Italian city states fought over a bucket which resulted in 2,000 deaths. It started when two soldiers stole a bucket from a well from the city center.
• There’s no period in “Dr. Pepper”. It was removed because the old logo font made it look like “Di: Pepper”.
• There is an underwater version of rugby, it is called “underwater rugby”.
• Standing around burns calories. On average, a 150 pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing.
• GPS costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue.

I hope you guys enjoyed these interesting facts. I will be sharing some more facts with you tomorrow.

I hope you all had an amazing week and an even better Sunday and hopefully we can get out of this lockdown soon.