Fascinating Facts and Trivia

At the 1908 Olympics, the Russians showed up 12 days late because they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.

Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system that do not have any moons.

During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.

Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddha’s.

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In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.

A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot in 1983.

In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10pm.

McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavoured broccoli

Unsurprisingly, the attempt to get kids to eat healthier didn’t go over well with the child testers, who were “confused by the taste.”

Scotland has 421 words for “snow”

Some examples: sneesl (to start raining or snowing); feefle (to swirl); flinkdrinkin (a light snow).