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Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 10,000 Sats

494 sats \ 17 comments \ @sn 22 Nov meta bot

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10.1k sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz 22 Nov

The tradition of the Sleepy Head Day traces back to the Middle Ages, when the belief was that the person in the household who slept late on this day would be lazy and non-productive for the rest of the year.In the old days, the last person sleeping in the house (also dubbed as the "laziest") could be woken up by using water, either by being thrown into a lake or the sea, or by having water thrown on them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sleepy_Head_Day

332 sats \ 3 replies \ @TheMorningStar 22 Nov

Maps are always wrong.

Yes, you read it right. Maps are always wrong! Surprised? I can explain.

Let me start with a small question. “What is the shape of the earth ?” Of course not flat, round - No! spherical? - No! Ellipsoid- No! A geographer out from the readers is shouting “Geoid” - No not a geoid as well. Well, then the teachers and scientists were actually fooling you all these years? First of all, understand that the earth has no regular shape. We consider it as a spherical or a geoid for the ease of many purposes. The actual earth may look like something in the figure below (vertically exaggerated).

Either Shape or Area or Distance or Direction or in combination of these are distorted for every map.

https://arkives.in/posts/06/2021/maps-are-always-wrong/

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 22 Nov

I've never known it before. Does earth really look like the image shown?!

The various colours are also very surprising. Dark red why?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheMorningStar 22 Nov

I've also seen it today. It's surprising. The earth must be spherical but it's not.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 23 Nov

Nice fact

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Golu 23 Nov

101 Random Fun Facts

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/fun-facts

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 22 Nov

The Portuguese autonomous region of Madeira has become a multi-millionaire overnight. With an average production of 20 000 tons of bananas a year, and with the current price increase to $6 000 000 per banana, it expects to earn $1 200 trillion a year.

disclaimer: not fact 😂

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 22 Nov

The Fact: Justin Sun Paid $6.2 Million For A Banana Duct-Taped To A Wall #778322

356 sats \ 0 replies \ @Noobboy 22 Nov

Dolphins sleep with one half of their brain awake. This type of sleep allows them to keep an eye out for predators and continue to surface for air.

116 sats \ 0 replies \ @zyn 22 Nov

Octopuses have their own kind of garden under the sea. Some species of octopuses have been seen picking up shells, rocks, and other objects to create a little garden. They use these gardens as their home and a place to hunt.

PBS article to confirm this fact - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-nesting-at-octopus-garden-helps-female-octopuses-give-their-young-a-better-shot-at-survival

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @oliverweiss 22 Nov

WE SUCK

At the annual Harvard–Yale football game on November 20, 2004, Yale students, costumed as a Harvard "pep squad", distributed placards to Harvard fans for a card stunt. When the fans raised the placards together, they read "We Suck".

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 23 Nov

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 22 Nov

Pine trees can tell if it's about to rain. Next time you see a pine cone, take a close look. If it’s closed, that’s because the air is humid, which can indicate rain is on its way.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/can-trees-predict-the-weather

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Spooky1992 22 Nov

Do you know what is the major factor in creating dust in the House? Dead skin out of our bodies. :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ch0k1 22 Nov

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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Imyourfed 22 Nov

Phantom limb syndrome is a condition where people who have had limbs amputated still feel pain, and other sensations as if the limb is still there. This happens because the brain keeps getting signals from the nerves that used to carry impulses from the missing limb. Even after the limb is gone these signals can cause real uncomfortable sensations that the brain interprets as coming from the amputated area.