1,077 Fun Facts Quotes

“A cat named Grace helped save her owners from carbon monoxide poisoning by repeatedly banging on their old 120-year-old home's bedroom door to wake them.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“A Singapore Airlines cargo flight had to make an emergency landing in Bali due to a smoke sensor being triggered from the dung and farts of the 2,186 sheep aboard the plane.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“In 14th century England, they baptized children with cider because it was cleaner than the water. ***”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“In 2007, Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by three al-Qaeda gunman and knocked unconscious by a grenade. When he awoke, he managed to kill two of them and escape to the extraction helicopter. He has now recovered and is participating in Ironman competitions.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“A disgruntled businessman in Vermont, who was upset with the local officials for denying a building permit for his proposed business, got revenge by building a giant, illuminated middle finger statue on his property at a cost of ~$4,000.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“As a result of a 2007 partnership with the USPS, NYC's Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store's 8,500 sq. ft. shoe department has its own zip code: 10022-SHOE.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“In Switzerland, applications for citizenship are decided at the municipal level. Thus, if your neighbors find you too annoying then they can vote to deny your citizenship.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Ancient Rome, the punishment for killing one's father (parricide) was poena cullei or "penalty of the sack." This death penalty consisted of being sewn up in a sack along with a viper, a dog, and a cock, which was then thrown into water.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Orthosomnia is a new disorder where people are so obsessed with the quality of their sleep that they lose sleep because of it.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“In order to receive a passport, Dutch immigrants must watch a two-hour video which includes beach nudity as a way of making them aware of the Netherlands's liberal values.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“There is a DIY Netflix Project which creates a pair of socks that will pause what you're watching if you fall asleep while watching.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“There are only two sets of escalators in the entire state of Wyoming.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“There is a website called PointerPointer.com that will match a picture of people pointing fingers at your cursor.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Thieves stole a small horn shark from the San Antonio Aquarium using a baby stroller to smuggle the shark out.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Coco Chanel, the founder of fashion and perfume empire Chanel, was a nazi spy during WWII with the code name of 'Westminster' due to her connections with British high society.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“The summit of Mt. Everest is made of marine limestone which means the highest point on earth was once at the bottom of the sea.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Latchkey incontinence is the increased feeling of "having to go" the closer you get to the restroom.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“The 'Happy Birthday' song was not legally available for public use until a 2016 lawsuit settlement. Until then, it was copyrighted and you had to pay a license to use it.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“When Lady Gaga was studying at NYU, her classmates made a Facebook group called "Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous" where they bullied her. She dropped out after only a year to pursue her music career full time.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“The Powerpuff Girls" was originally called "Whoopass Stew!" Rather than adding Chemical X to his formula, Professor Utonium accidentally adds a can of whoop ass and creates The Whoopass Girls.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“The first empirical study on "dick pics" found that 48% of men have sent unsolicited pictures of their genitals.  Those men who send unsolicited pictures are also bigger narcissists and more sexist than their counterparts.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Russian Lyudmila Pavlichenko aka "Lady Death" was the most lethal female sniper in history, she went on to record 309 confirmed kills in WWll.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“More sugar is added to give it a hard shell plus hot syrup and wax are applied to give it a shiny finish - all over the course of many days of processing.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Dr. Seuss cheated on his wife while she had cancer. After finding out about the affair, she killed herself and Dr. Seuss married his mistress.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Two guys used their dead friend's ashes as fishing bait and caught the words biggest carp.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“In 2019, DNA tests revealed the Dutch fertility doctor Jan Karbaat inseminated 49 patients with his own sperm.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“If you remove a fruit fly's front legs, which contain a number of sensory organs, then it will mate with both male and female fruit flies as well as other fly species.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“One of the earliest recipes for ice cream, or icy cream as it was called in this 1660's recipe, included ambergreece/ambergris or whale feces for flavoring.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“There is a small rock island, Ilha da Queimada Grande, off the coast of Southern Brazil that is home to roughly 1 snake per square meter.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief

“Ian Martin was hired as a swearing consultant for BBC's political comedy series The Thick Of It. The script would be sent to Ian to add more "colorful language.”
― Charles Klotz, 1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief