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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Nobody: 11:05am On Nov 25, 2016
KillerBeauty:
36. Researchers estimate that two-thirds of humans have no idea what they’re good at or what their strengths are.

Eg, Me grin
sex too?
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Idydarling(f): 11:44am On Nov 25, 2016
mention me when you post op, I'm loving this ☺

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Icansing: 12:05pm On Nov 25, 2016
cheesy no four so on point,, op talkin to me
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 2:04pm On Nov 25, 2016
Sorry folks. Came home tired and dozed off early. Thank you all. Idydarling wink

51. The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn is called ‘Armscye’. (I no even sabi pronounce am but e dey dictionary).

52. After Ken Jeong’s wife was diagnosed with cancer, she told him to pursue his dreams. He put a hold on his doctor career and began his comedian one. (You'll recognize him when u google his pics).

53. Cristiano Ronaldo is 869 days older than Lionel Messi. Ronaldo’s son – Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. – is 869 days older than Lionel Messi’s sone, Thiago Messi. (Interesting)

54. After just finishing film school, two students wanted to make a film but could only afford one room. They challenged themselves to make a film that occurred in one room and later released it as ‘SAW’. (Now that’s called talent)

55. In 19th century, it was considered a crime to commit suicide in Great Britain. If caught, the person was punished by hanging. (Ironic. Typical example of winching. They no wan make u kill yasef, so,.......they kill u for u instead undecided).

56. Barkhad Abdi, Somali actor from Captain Philips only earned $65,000 for his role and after it was complete, went home to continue working in his brother’s store selling cell phones. (He's the mean pirate in the movie. #google. E be like say this guy no like progress).

57. A Sapiosexual is a person who is attracted to intelligence in others.

58. Multiple casts and crew members were struck by lightning during the filming of ‘The Passion of Christ’, including the actor who played Jesus. (If na u, u go stay finish the movie after the warning?)

59. ‘Pinky Promise’ (the act of making a promise with the little finger) originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger. (As I read this finish, I swore not to swear with my pinky. U never know who's still old skool).

60. Musophobia is the fear of rat.

61. ‘Interrobang’ is referred to the use or combination of an exclamation mark with a question mark (like this ?!).

62. Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns.

63. Your tiny toe or finger is called a ‘Minimus’

64. Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429 for every word he said in Terminator 2. (The guy no talk much o but him account balance change wella)

65. Ophidiophibia is the fear of snakes.

66. The ‘na na na’ and ‘la la la’, which don’t really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song are called ‘Vocables’.

67. Katsaridaphobia is the fear of cockroaches.

68. The prongs (the tiny sharp long part) on a fork are called ‘Tines’.

69. Enzo Ferrari founder of Ferrari died in 1988. Mesut Ozil born in 1988. They are both a striking resemblance of each other. (Take a look at their pictures and find yourself believing in reincarnation.)

70. Cynophobia is the fear of dog.

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 2:14pm On Nov 25, 2016
valicious1:
Mugu come finish dis nonsense angry angry

Yes sir. smiley

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by SmeagolC(m): 2:16pm On Nov 25, 2016
Credits to the Op for making this a compilation of different items.
Some funny items on the list too

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Nobody: 3:19pm On Nov 25, 2016
Back from Uganda....
OP! Did this post make FP...
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 3:35pm On Nov 25, 2016
Pato23:
Back from Uganda....

OP! Did this post make FP...

Welcome back.

Dunno bro. Don't really care.

Just having fun sharing it. smiley
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by ObinnaVal93(m): 3:37pm On Nov 25, 2016
Really Educative..

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 3:48pm On Nov 25, 2016
71. A homing pigeon called Cher Ami that saved the lives of 194 soldiers during WW1 by transporting a message. The pigeon was shot through the chest, blinded in one eye and had its leg hanging by a tendon upon arriving with the message.

72. Father’s Day was formed in part by the 1907 Monongah Mining Disaster in West Virginia that killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children.

73. In Greek mythology, ‘Nike’ was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the winged goddess of victory. The company Nike takes its name from the Greek goddess of victory.

74. 63 earths can fit inside Uranus.

75. During the filming of ‘The Notebook’, Ryan Gosling hated his co-star Rachel Adams so much that he apparently wanted her kicked off the set; the two actors also fought occasionally. Gosling also complained about not having any ‘chemistry’ with his co-star. The two ended up dating for four years after filming concluded.

76. Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson backed out of a fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill his opponent in the ring. After a priest and a minister convinced Robinson to fight, Robinson went into the ring and killed his opponent Jimmy Doyle.

77. During WW1, on Christmas of 1914, the British and Germans lay down their weapons, crossed no man’s land, and joined each other to celebrate. They exchanged food, played games, sang songs, and even attended burials for each side. This was seen as a symbolic moment during the conflict.

78. Instead of using computer animated graphics, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’. (Go see the scene and you’ll find it............awesome).

79. Tigers continue growing throughout their entire lives due to a genetic disorder called growth dysplasia. The largest cat in the world is a 922lb tiger.

80. Pisanthrophobia is the fear of trusting people due to bad past experiences.

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Nobody: 3:54pm On Nov 25, 2016
slevin1:

Welcome back.
Dunno bro. Don't really care.
Just having fun sharing it. smiley
Thank you! Bring them on...
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Teague4league(m): 5:15pm On Nov 25, 2016
More!!! Kudos @ OP .
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by markpenk: 5:46pm On Nov 25, 2016
Holy crap! That's uncanny. You sure ozil isn't Enzo's illegit son?

slevin1:


69. Enzo Ferrari founder of Ferrari died in 1988. Mesut Ozil born in 1988. They are both a striking resemblance of each other. (Take a look at their pictures and find yourself believing in reincarnation.)

Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Alhajipablo(m): 5:49pm On Nov 25, 2016
Nice one op
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 5:56pm On Nov 25, 2016
81. The condition of finding it difficult to get out of the bed in the morning is called ‘Dysania’. (Repeat after me, dy-sa-nia). Clap for yasef. Plenty of una get this condition.

82. Phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts.

83. An ‘Agraffe’ is the wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of wine

84. A ‘Griffonage’ is what an unreadable hand-writing is called.

85. ‘Astraphobia’ is the fear of thunderstorm.

86. The rumbling of stomach is actually called a ‘Wamble’.

87. The sheen or light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called ‘Phosphenes’.

88. The space between your eyebrows is called a ‘Glabella’. (Ladies wey dey shave eyebrow, learn this word o so u go use am form for ur friends like "Gal, why u shave ur own reach ur glabella?" "Wetin be glabella?" "Uh! Excuse me?"wink

89. ‘Pocrescophobia’ is the fear of gaining weight. (Aha!)

90. The metallic device used to measure your feet at a shoe store is called a ‘Brannock device’.

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 6:02pm On Nov 25, 2016
Teague4league:
More!!! Kudos @ OP .
Alhajipablo:
Nice one op

Teague4league:
More!!! Kudos @ OP .

Gratitude.

markpenk:
Holy crap! That's uncanny. You sure ozil isn't Enzo's illegit son?

Thanks Mark, for sharing that pic.

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 7:26pm On Nov 25, 2016
91. Ninjas don’t wear black. They used to disguise themselves as civilians. Unlike ninjas in movies, the real guys were smart enough to know that wearing a black outfit with a face mask wasn’t the best strategy for blending in.

92. Netherlands is closing 19 prisons due to a serious prisoner shortage. (Meanwhile Naija no even get enough).

93. Iceland has no army and is also recognized as the world’s most peaceful country.

94. Walt Disney is the second largest purchaser of explosives in the United States, after the Department of Defence.

95. On July 10th, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born at midnight during a lightning storm. The midwife thought the violent storm was a bad omen and declared he would be a child of darkness, to which his mother replied, “No. He will be a child of light.” - http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/10-inventions-of-nikola-tesla-that.html

96. The man who does Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson’s stunts is his cousin, Tanoai Reed. They have done over a dozen films together, have the same body type, and work side-by-side to make every scene perfect.

97. People with poor mathematical skills aren’t necessarily bad at math because they are ‘ungifted’. There is a phenomena called ‘Math Anxiety’ that makes people perform worse, which sometimes leads to maths avoidance, which leads to lesser knowledge and consequently more math anxiety.

98. The space between your nostrils is called ‘Columnella nasi’.

99. When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theatre with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.

100. During the filming of D’Jango Unchained, Leonardo DiCaprio stopped mid-scene because he was having a difficult time using so many racial slurs. Samuel L. Jackson then pulled him aside telling him, “motherfucker, this is just another Tuesday for us.” (I wonder what happens to blacks on Tuesdays).

Attached below is a diagram that helps identify the glabella and columnella, among others.

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 8:00pm On Nov 25, 2016
101. The day after tomorrow is called ‘Overmorrow’.

102. An ‘Aglet’ is the metallic or plastic coating at the end of your shoelaces.

103. Enochlophibia is the fear of crowds or crowded places.

104. ‘Vagitus’ is what the cry of a new born baby is called. (I guess the original creators of the word thought it’d mean a lot to rhyme it with ‘vagina’.)

105. Bathophobia is the fear of deep water.

106. ‘Petrichor’ is what the ambience smell after a rainfall is called.

107. The dot over an ‘i’ or a ‘j’ is called a ‘Tittle’.

108. Pediophobia is the fear of dolls.

109. ‘Crapulence’ is what the utterly sick feeling you get after eatng too much or drinking too much is called.

110. Only three men in history have walked on water: Jesus, Peter, and Anselmo. Only Anselmo has the picture. (Google this guy and see him practically run on water when chased by a bull.)

Here's a pic below.

Video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6gTD5_wny8. If the link refuses to open, kindly search for it on youtube with a title that has a combination of Anselmo, Bull and Water.

I hope it was worth reading. Have a lovely weekend folks.

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by edudguy(m): 9:06pm On Nov 25, 2016
I think I am Philophobic...I go dey toast woman once she start to dey agree I go run...Nice one op

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Abdullateef77(m): 9:21pm On Nov 25, 2016
no 110 tho
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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Lucremoy(m): 12:00am On Nov 26, 2016
slevin1:
81. The condition of finding it difficult to get out of the bed in the morning is called ‘Dysania’.

That thing na condition abi? I talk am.. I know say no be ordinary laziness

Abeg op the thing get cure?

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by sade1994(f): 12:32am On Nov 26, 2016
I enjoyed every bit of it .
Thanks
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 12:10pm On Nov 26, 2016
Lucremoy:


That thing na condition abi? I talk am.. I know say no be ordinary laziness

Abeg op the thing get cure?

Treatment can range from the chemical (serotonin) to the physical (exercise, diet) and the psychological (Psychologists, awareness). Dysania is a rare though legitimate condition and people who believe they may be sufferers should seek help from a medical professional.

But before you can classify if you have dysania or if it's just tiredness, research a little. Here's something to help you out with.

http://theriseandshine.com/dysania-what-it-is-and-how-to-overcome-it/

and

http://clinomania.org/does-clinomania-cure-really-work/.
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 12:27pm On Nov 26, 2016
sade1994:
I enjoyed every bit of it .
Thanks

Thank you for obliging me.
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by gabrielniy(m): 12:57pm On Nov 26, 2016
Nice one OP. Learnt lotta new stuffs

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by ademasta(m): 1:20pm On Nov 26, 2016
Fact indeed! Thanks Op

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by talk2ibk(m): 5:13pm On Nov 26, 2016
no 60 is musophobia
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 11:29am On Nov 27, 2016
talk2ibk:
no 60 is musophobia

Thanks. Corrected the error.
Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 8:55am On Dec 19, 2016
Hello people. Thanks for following this topic. There are lots of things worth learning and I'm thinking of keeping it going from 110 - infinity. If it's worth it and anyone wants me to continue, pls show some encouragement. Thanks.

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Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by Dharneehell(m): 7:10pm On Dec 19, 2016
Keep going, my Nigga.

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