Did you know facts
Over 980 Did you know facts!!
- Did you know 80% of all people hit by lightning are men
- Did you know before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
- Did you know Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius
- Did you know the only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat
- Did you know a 15th anniversary is called a quindecennial
- Did you know a nanosecond is one billionth of a second
- Did you know a whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
- Did you know men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
- Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
- Did you know brontology is the study of thunder
- Did you know diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
- Did you know dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas
- Did you know employees of the Vatican pay no income tax
- Did you know the first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
- Did you know petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F)
- Did you know sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air
- Did you know Japanese people don’t have middle names
- Did you know some playing cards in India are round
- Did you know the average pool cue is 1.4m (4.75ft) long
- Did you know the expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)