Fun Daily Facts

[virtualbrix]

This is a new and fun topic where we can all put fun daily facts which help us learn and keep us sane 🙂

[virtualbrix]

I will do my opening act in the next few messages.

[virtualbrix]

Avocados are not vegetables.

[discobubbles]

Mashed Potatoes is Irish Guacamole.

[allpurposewriter]

Neither are raccoons.

[virtualbrix]

Only four words in the English language end in “dous.”

[discobubbles]

But in American English they end in "dos?"

[allpurposewriter]

What are they?

[virtualbrix]

Human teeth are the only part of the body that can’t heal themselves.

[saranaeem]

**bleep** True.

[virtualbrix]

Yes!

[allpurposewriter]

That's certainly not true.

[7cc539ab]

True or not True?

[allpurposewriter]

Certainly, that's not true. If you sever your spine, you will be paralyzed forever. It will never heal.

[virtualbrix]

A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

[c109288b]

LOL....Shrimp has no heart.😂

[virtualbrix]

Its a fact! : )

[discobubbles]

They say that shrimp is the fruit of the sea, Forrest.

[virtualbrix]

Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.

[virtualbrix]

Froot Loops are all the same flavor despite their different colors.

[virtualbrix]

Supermarket apples can be a year old.

[nahidhasan771]

Supermarket owner is here 😎

[virtualbrix]

haha, is it true?

[virtualbrix]

Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise.

[virtualbrix]

You can see four states from Chicago’s Willis Tower.

[ArjayM]

Interesting, but indeed facts! 👏 Here's one from me, "personally." This is a fun fact; I'm confident some members will agree. LoL

-I thought the dryer was shrinking my clothes. Turns out it was the refrigerator all along. 

[virtualbrix]

Haha. Love these Arjay!

[c109288b]

Thank you for suggesting a good topic for us.

Here is my personal story:

- I woke up late on Sunday and went to the bathroom. However, I realized that I had forgotten the color of my toothbrush.

[virtualbrix]

Ha!

[nahidhasan771]

Maybe red color 🤔

[virtualbrix]

ha

[mwiggenhorn]

No word in the English language rhymes with "orange"

[virtualbrix]

Now, that is interesting!

[5a24222d]

There are actually two words that rhyme with the word orange: sporange, which is apparently a technical word for a spore sac, and Blorenge, a mountain in Wales.

[virtualbrix]

Good to know this!

[discobubbles]

But don't worry, eventually someone will attempt to develop a pronunciation of a standard word that will attempt to rhyme with it. Like pronouncing "range" in a similar fashion. 

"Did you see my new orange range rover?

[virtualbrix]

Crocodiles can’t stick out their tongues.

[virtualbrix]

A blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as a young elephant.

[virtualbrix]

Dolphins give each other names.

[virtualbrix]

The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be in Barcelona.