Wednesday, October 8, 2025

AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CLXVI

1. Feral dogs in the Chernobyl exclusion zone are radioactive.

2. According to various Marist public opinion polls, "whatever" was found to be the most annoying word in casual conversation.

3. "Beauty and The Beast" was the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture. 

4. The Statue of Liberty's shoe size would be 879. Her feet are 25' long. 

5. The fingerprints of a a koala are virtually indistinguishable from human ones. 

6. The koala is not a bear. It is a marsupial - related to kangaroos and wombats.

7. The boiling point of water on Mt. Everest is 162 degrees F - 50 degrees less that the 212 F at sea level.

8. A new-born blue whale gains 200 pounds a day during its first year.

9. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952. He declined.

10. The "Tomorrow Land" of 1955 Disneyland was projected to be 1986.  

 

  

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