https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/ I plan to share lists of mind blowing facts that seems to be nonsense but are real! All information comes from http://www.toptenz.net hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994637Neil Armstrong’s hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000 The lucky buyer, John Reznikoff, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of hair from historical celebrities, reports NBC. But Armstrong’s lawyer threatened to sue Marx Sizemore, the not-so-lucky barber who cut the former...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994617May 20, 1873, is the “birthday” of blue jeans According to Levi Strauss & Co., this was the day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, the innovators behind the sturdy blue jeans we all love, got a patent on the process of adding metal rivets to men’s denim work pants. The pants were called “waist...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994595South American river turtles talk through their eggs Research has found South American river turtles can produce sounds and communicate with one another before they hatch. Brazilian biologist Camila Ferrara set up microphones close to the eggs and heard the baby turtles’ quick, barely audible...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994575A French-language Scrabble World Champion doesn’t speak French In 2015, New Zealand native Nigel Richards memorized the entire French Scrabble dictionary, which had 386,000 words, in nine weeks to earn his title, because he didn’t actually speak French. He won the French Scrabble World...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994563Baseball umpires used to sit in rocking chairs People have been playing baseball since the mid-19th century. In the early days, umpires would officiate the games while reclining in a rocking chair located 20 feet behind home plate. And here’s another fun fact: In 1878, the National League...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994540Your brain synapses shrink while you sleep This is not a brain myth! Researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studied mice to observe what happens to their brains while they sleep. Dr. Chiara Cirelli and Dr. Giulio Tononi found an...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994524An employee at Pixar accidentally deleted almost all of Toy Story 2 during production Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar, wrote in his book Creativity Inc. that the year before the movie came out, someone entered the command ‘/bin/rm -r -f *’ on the drive where the files were saved, which...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994508Beethoven was the first composer to use the trombone in popular music Although the trombone had been used in sacred music, no composer had used it in a nonreligious piece of music until Beethoven. He included the instrument in his famous Fifth Symphony, which premiered in Vienna in 1808. Japan...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994493The Terminator script was sold for $1 This flick isn’t just known for its famous movie quotes. James Cameron, now the award-winning director of blockbusters like Titanic and Avatar, always went to extremes for his movies. In order to get his big break with The Terminator, he sold the script for...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444193/994475Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch According to PepsiCo, which owns Quaker Oats Company, the maker of Cap’n Crunch cereal, the beloved cap’n has a full name! Also, after being called out for having only the three bars of a Navy commander on his sleeves, Horatio held his ground on...