463 Hard to Believe Facts Quotes

“Flamingos can drink boiling water.”
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“In 2012, Switzerland held a referendum on the federal initiative “six weeks of vacation for everyone”. Two-thirds of the voters said “no”.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“A qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup between the national football (soccer) teams of Australia and American Samoa ended with a whopping result of 31:0.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“The board game, Monopoly, used to be illegal in Cuba.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Since 2019, commuters who use public transport in Rome, Italy, can exchange their used plastic bottles for metro or bus tickets. People can simply insert plastic bottles in the machine to receive the ticket on their smartphones through an app.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Bees can detect explosives and can solve basic algebra problems.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“When you step on a landmine, it explodes immediately.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“This book is full of fun and verified facts,”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Valentine’s Day in Japan is celebrated quite differently than in the rest of the world: it is women who give gifts to men, habitually in the form of chocolates or cookies.  On 14 March, exactly a month after Valentine’s Day, is White Day, when men are expected to reciprocate with gifts worth at least three times more than what they received on 14 February.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Chad and Romania have identical national flags.”
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“The first touchscreen was designed and put to use in 1973.”
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“Sounds weird, but there are more planets inhabited by robots than planets inhabited by humans.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“The power ON/OFF button you see on every electric appliance has a 0 and a 1 hidden inside the symbol.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Over 90% of us first put the left sock on.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Until 1979, Sweden considered homosexuality as an illness. People protested by calling in sick for feeling gay.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Girls in Salinas, the Dominican Republic, turn male and grow penises when they enter puberty due to a rare genetic disorder. Approximately 1% of the children born in this village experience this transition by the time they reach 12. It is so common that it is no longer perceived as abnormal and the youngsters are simply called “guevedoces” – which literally means “penis at 12”.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“An erect elephant penis can weigh as much as 30 kg (65 lb).”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“The male White-fronted Parrot (also known as “White-fronted Amazon” or “Spectacled Amazon Parrot”) will vomit in the female’s mouth during their mating ritual. After selecting a satisfactory partner, the two parrots will start “kissing” one another, locking their beaks and playing with each other’s tongues, making these birds one of the few animals to engage in kissing. During the kissing session, the male will vomit into the female’s mouth.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Reality: A fart can burn you badly. In 2016, an unnamed woman was undergoing surgery at Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Japan, which involved a laser being applied to her cervix. She passed gas, which was ignited by the laser, setting, in turn, the surgical drape on fire and causing severe burns to the patient.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Myth: You can multitask. Reality: There is no such thing as multitasking. As numerous studies have confirmed, the true multitasking – i.e., performing more than one task at the same time – is a myth. Those people who think they can split their attention between multiple tasks at once are not actually getting more done. In reality, they become more stressed out, and have a lower overall productivity than those who single-task. M”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“In 2018, hundreds of doctors in Quebec, Canada, protested against their pay raises, saying they already make too much money.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks, and KFC have all tried and failed in Israel. In early 2020, KFC re-entered the country – results remain to be seen.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“In some Japanese cities, in the vicinity of temples no advertisements can be in red, including Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“Until 2017, land in Barbuda was owned collectively by all citizens: no money involved, one could claim a piece of land by just putting up a fence.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“In Japan, it is considered rude to eat or talk on the phone while walking.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“In South Korea, the typical gift for a house-warming party is toilet paper.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“In North Korea, blue jeans are considered bad taste or even illegal. They are thought to symbolise American Imperialism.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“US Highway 550 in Colorado is dubbed the Million Dollar Highway because its roadbed was constructed using low-grade gold ore.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts

“The youngest person to have travelled to all sovereign countries is Alexis Alford. In 2019, she visited the last one at the age of 21.”
― Nayden Kostov, 463 Hard to Believe Facts