Fact of the day time again The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a type of lung disease. I’d have problems pronouncing it let alone spelling it

What mammals can fly? Bats are the only mammals that are able to fly. The “flying squirrel” can only do what the gliding opposum does – glide for short distances.

Penelope It depends on, well, your definition of word. The one with over 189,000 letters is insane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people. True, there are only five well-documented fatal lightning strikes on giraffes between 1996 and 2010. But due to the population of the species being just 140,000 during this time, it makes for about 0.003 lightning deaths per thousand giraffes each year. This is 30 times the equivalent fatality rate for humans.

Cats, Giraffes, And Camels all have one thing In common. They walk in a… very specific way. According to Purina: ”[Cats’] walking sequence is both right feet first, followed by both left feet, so they move half of their body forward at once. “Camels and giraffes are the only other animals to walk this way.” That isn’t the only peculiarity when it comes to the way that cats walk, though. Catster said: “Typically, cats move the front and back legs on each side together when walking. “Each paw hits the ground at a different point in the stride, which is known as a four-beat gait. Most of the cat’s weight is centered on the front paws while walking.” Additionally, that dainty little pitter-patter walk that cats do is due to them walking on their toes, as opposed to their whole feet the way that we do.

FACT: i am holding out hope that Hannah finds her way here to build on her factual legacy. 💗

The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. The 36-letter word was first used by the Roman poet Horace in the first century BCE to criticise those writers with an unreasonable penchant for long words. It was American poet Aimee Nezheukumatathil, possibly afraid of their own surname, who coined the term how we know it in 2000.

KaraZor-El Back by popular demand … Fact Of The Day (for Independence Day) … Abraham Lincoln (6’ 4”) was the tallest U.S. President in American history. The shortest was James Madison, who was only 5’ 4”.

HannahW The hat made him tall he was only 4ft 🙂

Water might not be wet. This is because most scientists define wetness as a liquid’s ability to maintain contact with a solid surface, meaning that water itself is not wet, but can make other objects wet.

The largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume. Believed to be a Tyrannosaurus rex turd, the fossilised dung (also named a ‘coprolite’) is helping scientists better understand what the dinosaur ate.

Fact of the day

Falcons_11D

Facts Of The Day - July 24, 2024

1469 - Battle of Edgecote (War of the Roses). King Edward IV fought Richard Nevelle, Earl of Warwick.
1567 - Mary (Queen of Scots) forced to abddicate her throne to her 1 year old son, James VI.
1683 - First Germans leave Germany to settle in the American colonies.
1704 - English and Dutch troops take Gibraltar.
1754 - George Washington elected to Virginia House of Burgesses.
1847 - Mormons led by Brigham Young arrive at the Great Salt Lake (Utah).
1851 - Window Tax is repealed by Parliament.
1866 - Tennessee is the 1st, state of the former Confederacy to be readmitted to the USA.
1911 - Machu Picchu (Lost City of the Incas) is rediscovered in the Andes mountains in Peru.
1917 - Mata Hari goes on trial in Paris for spying for Germany in World War I.
1931 - Paavo Nurmi sets world record for running.
1943 - RAF begins round-the-clock bombing Hamburg.
1959 - Kitchen Debate began in Moscow between Vice-President Nixon and Soviet Premier Khrushchev,
1967 - President Charles DeGaulle of France says “Vive La Québec Libre” (Long Live Quebec). Canada pissed off!
1969 - Apollo 11 returns to USA after landing on the moon.
2019 - Boris Johnson first day in office shakes up British Cabinet.
2022 - Wild monkeys in Japan attack 42 people in their homes. Police subdue them with tranqulizer guns.

Zwaga

2024 - a convicted felon and former US president (No 45) tries to steal Kamala Harris’s mojo of becoming the first female President of the USA.

fvck_idk

2 racoons can fit in ur ass hole without it riping

BlackParadePixie

fvck_idk lovely

after_the_rain333

fvck_idk
Uh where did you find that out? Should I be concerned?

fvck_idk

after_the_rain333

BlackParadePixie
personal experiences and racoons can fit in holes 4 inches and ur ass hole (without ripping) can stretch to 8 inches soooooo yea

Pultost

Bumblebees have been falsely accused of not being able to fly while they are clearly able to do so.

after_the_rain333

Pultost

How? 🤣

Pultost

after_the_rain333 Just some old rumor. 😛

after_the_rain333

fvck_idk

Okay then. 🤣

ajpme

fvck_idk Uhhhh what do you mean by “personal experiences”

BlackParadePixie

good thing I’m not letting any raccoons near my asshole… 😏

after_the_rain333

BlackParadePixie

Wait why are you smirking? Are the raccoons supposed to represent something I’m not understanding? 😭

after_the_rain333

Many people think that one human year is equivalent to seven dog years, but the truth is that dogs don’t grow at a consistent rate and different breeds age differently. This essentially means that you don’t have as much time with your dog as you think you do. They won’t be around forever. There will come a day when your friends will no longer be able to comment that there is fur all over your clothes, or that there are toys under the couch, and you will never hear your dog’s bark again except in videos. So the next time your dogs brings a toy to you, play with them! Cherish them while they are alive you won’t have to regret them when they are dead.

BlackParadePixie

after_the_rain333 lol no, I just think the whole thing is ridiculous

fvck_idk

after_the_rain333 yea no I mean racoons

Falcons_11D

Facts of the day - September 14th.

1752 - British Empire accepts the Geogorian Calendar.
1812 - Russians burn Moscow as French Troops under Napoleon approach the city.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes the poem "Defense Of Fort McHenry) later becomes “Star, Spangled Banner”.
1867 - Karl Marx publishes “Das Kapital” Communist theory of economics.
1930 - NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins 107 seats in German Reichstag.
1937 - U.S. Congress passes Neutrality Act.
1940 - U.S. Congress passes first peacetime conscription (draft) bill.
1955 - “Litte” Richards records hit tune “Tutti-Fruitti” in New Orleans. (A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom)
1960 - Arab oil producing nations plus Venezuela form OPEC.

fvck_idk

you can sprain ur dick

Falcons_11D

fvck_idk Yes, you can especially if you play a contact sport. But it helps if yopu wear a jock and cup.

Caycedilla

More like FAKE of the day 😂😂😂😂

HannahW

In 1620, 18-year-old Priscilla Mullins and 21-year-old John Alden were both passengers on the Mayflower that set sail from Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers bound for the New World. They later married and today the couple are thought to have over one million descendants living in the USA.

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