Published on 12, July, 2020
I encourage you to reply, but not more than once a day, with a interesting new fact. Let’s stretch this out instead of dumping all the interesting facts out all at once. (Btw feel free to comment on the interesting facts as much and as often as you want)
edit: posting a source for your fact is strongly encouraged.
Palindrome.
taco cat is taco cat backwards
Turtles belong to one of the oldest reptile groups in the world and are older than snakes and crocodiles. They also live long lives.
Wow I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing this.
Beavers mate for life
The skin is the human bodys largest organ.
Usain Bolt, when he broke the world record in Berlin, aged approximately 10 femtoseconds less than everyone else in the stadium
Hmmm...
In the 1950's, there were more houses in England than were needed by people. Supply outstripped demand. Ever since, it has been the reverse.
Makes me love dogs even more
In 1957, a dog became the first ever animal to go in space and orbit the Earth, paving the way forward for human spaceflight.
The dog was called Laika and there's a statue of the lovely and brave dog in Moscow that celebrates this wonderful achievement.
:D I'm fan of the show
Emily Williamson started the RSPB at a time when women had few rights so this is particularly impressive.
Here is a link to a BBC article about her:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65264951
People write to Sherlock Holmes at 221b Baker Street too. It's a bank. Baker Street didn't even go up to 221 when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started writing the stories.
'Since the 1930s, letters addressed to Shakespeare's character Juliet have arrived in Verona. More than 5,000 letters are received annually, three-quarters of which are from women. The letters are read and replied to by local volunteers, organised since the 1980s in the Club di Giulietta (Juliet Club), which is financed by the City of Verona.'
In many countries it was a lot later. And in others, Gilead in ond form or another is not far away....
As an addendum to my previous post, it wasn't until 1928 (ie less than a century ago) that women in the UK achieved, after a long fight, the right to vote on equal terms with men.
It wasn't until 1882 that married women in this country could own their own property:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married_Women%27s_Property_Act_1882
I agree, they're easier and less expensive to have. Colonel Sanders, who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (as it was called at first), knew a smart business opportunity!
I suspect the reason there are so many chickens is precisely because they are being bred to be eaten as fast food, or at least as food of some kind!