Thanks to Mental Floss I have a new source of random facts. I love little bits of useless knowledge that I promptly forget. For the moment I enjoy and revel in the knowledge and if I write it down I can hopefully find it later. If not, oh well. Good for me I found this random fact generator at Mental Floss. So this is either good news for you or bad news if you are not into random facts. Let me share a few of these beautiful amazing facts with you today that I discovered.
During WWI, German measles were called “liberty measles” and dachshunds became “liberty hounds.”
Killdeer birds fake injuries to fool predators. The species will feign being injured in order to lure predators toward them and away from their nest of offspring. When the predator gets close enough, the killdeer miraculously “recovers” and beats a hasty retreat.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.
In the 18th century, wealthy British landowners hired ornamental hermits to live in their gardens.
The world’s oldest surviving piano is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The instrument dates back to 1720, and was made by an Italian man named Bartolomeo Cristofori.
Goosebumps are actually caused by a muscle. It is called the arrector pili muscle.
Chinese checkers was invented in Germany.
Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.
Cathay Williams became the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. army in 1866. Since women were barred from joining the military at the time, she enlisted as a man under the pseudonym William Cathay
Duncan Hines was a real person. He was a popular restaurant critic who also wrote a book of hotel recommendations.
Now aren’t you glad that you stopped by today? I am going to taking a blog vacation next week so see you back here in this space in September. Have a fabulous day.
