Amazing Fact Generator

Will — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:45:21 +0000

Crayola means “oily chalk.” The name is derived from the French words “craie”, or “chalk,” and “ola,” an abbreviation for “oleaginous,” or “oily.”

Will — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:24:22 +0000

Wendy’s founder, Dave Thomas, used to work for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Will — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:19:58 +0000

Though the Ford Mustang uses a mustang pony as an image the car was actually named after the P-51 Mustang, a fighter plane from WWII

Will — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:10:06 +0000

In Ireland, Jack O’Lanterns were once carved from turnips

Will — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:08:46 +0000

Tom Selleck was set to play Indiana Jones, but due to contract agreement for Magnum PI, he decided to do the honorable thing and keep the agreement. Ironically a writers’ strike delayed production long enough that he could have filmed Jones.

Will — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:26:25 +0000

The guy featured in the NBA logo is former Laker, Jerry West.

Will — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:13:42 +0000

The Outerbridge Crossing, that connects Staten Island, NY and Perth Amboy, NJ was named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge. And has nothing to do with the geographical location of the bridge.

Will — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:03:21 +0000

Hysteria was originally thought to only occur in women. It was said to be the result of a wandering uterus.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:24:09 +0000

August is the month when most babies are born.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:33:32 +0000

Albert Einstein never received a Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:25:34 +0000

The first fax machine was invented over 25 years before the telephone.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:20:48 +0000

Only pharaohs were allowed to eat mushrooms in ancient Egypt.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:42:37 +0000

An ostrich’s eye is the same size as its brain.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:40:09 +0000

One way lima beans defend themselves is by emitting a chemical warning system against spider mites (which eat lima beans) that attracts predators of spider mites, which then in turn defends the lima beans.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:34:17 +0000

Al Capone almost got away from being convicted by the FBI, until IRS special agents finally found charges to stick: tax evasion.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:28:01 +0000

Julia Child was 6 feet, 2 inches tall.

Will — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:25:46 +0000

Vanna White was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tv’s most frequent clapper.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:14:04 +0000

Bela Lugosi, famous for playing Dracula in the 1931 classic, was not fluent in English, but learned his words line for line for the movie.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:55:39 +0000

Only Franklin Delano Roosevelt served more than two elected terms as president of the United States Of America.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:44:04 +0000

The eye of the Colossal Squid is the largest of any known animal, at up to 11 inches in diameter.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:38:58 +0000

Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, got its name from the word Googol, which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after it.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:35:38 +0000

William Howard Taft was not only the heaviest U.S. president, but also the last to sport facial hair.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:31:58 +0000

One of the first known contraceptives was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:46:22 +0000

After having an argument with his son about Crazy 8’s, Merle Robbins, a barbershop owner and card lover, invented UNO in 1971 in Reading, Ohio. He introduced the game to his family, and after they started playing the game more and more he decided to have the game printed.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:40:36 +0000

Nintendo, the popular video game company, was actually founded in 1889 as a playing card company.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:23:05 +0000

Trees do not grow higher than 130m as it is physically impossible for the water to rise higher.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:06:05 +0000

Three months after Charlie Chaplin died his corpse was stolen by two Swiss mechanics in order to extort money from the family. The robbers were captured and Chaplin’s body was found eleven weeks later. To prevent further attempts, he was reburied under concrete.

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:00:34 +0000

The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island. What was the island’s name before it was named Liberty Island? Answer: Bedloe’s Island

Will — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:47:53 +0000

William Shatner (Captain Kirk from Stak Trek) could never spread his fingers in the Vulcan greeting unless the studio crew taped or tied fishing line around his fingers.

Will — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:20:15 +0000

There is one strand of corn silk for each kernel on an ear of corn.