I have taken a few weeks off from Friday Fun Facts posts. But the wait is over! Here are a few random and/or useless trivia that will impress your friends!

  1. A person cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times.
  2. Diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa.
  3. The pound sign or hashtag (#) is called an “octothorp.”
  4. The iris membrane controls the amount of light that enters your eye.
  5. The shortest French word with all five vowels is “”oiseau” meaning bird.
  6. Gorillas cannot swim.
  7. Flossing daily actually reduces your risk of getting heart disease.
  8. The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
  9. Blueberry juice is a good memory booster.
  10. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.”

This Date in History

  • 1305 – Sir William Wallace died
  • 1850 – 1st US National Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 1904 – Snow Chains Patented
  • 1927 – Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers
  • 1933 – 1st TV boxing match – Archie Sexton & Laurie Raiteri in London
  • 1966 – First Photograph of the Earth Taken From the Orbit of the Moon
  • 2005 – Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane