Random Facts #47 - Coca-Cola was the first drink that was ever consumed in space

 

January 10th is “Peculiar People Day” – a day to celebrate those of us who are a little quirky, weird or eccentric.

Aaron Carpenter got verified on Instagram on 29th April 2015.

The U.S. government gave Indiana University $1 million to study memes.

Cards Against Humanity celebrated Black Friday by digging a hole as long as people donated. They raised over $100k.

Coca-Cola was the first drink that was ever consumed in space.

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s smaller moons, reflects 90% of the sunlight, making it more reflective than snow.

God is the only Simpsons character who has five fingers. The rest of the characters are only seen with four.

In India, the flying of a kite is illegal under a 1934 law, which classes kites as an aircraft.

The very first bottle of Dr Pepper was sold in America on the 12th January, 1885.

“Finger Lickin’ Good” had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first KFC outlets in the country, the famous phrase became “eat your fingers off”.

Giraffe hearts pump twice as hard as a cow’s heart, in order to get blood to its brain.

Nike was founded on January 25th 1964 by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight.

The “Pinky Promise” originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.

The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.

Drinking water and staying hydrated will help the fluids in your sinuses from becoming sticky, which causes more snoring.

In feudal Japan, lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas.

In 2015, Ariana Grande won two MTV Millennial Awards for the “Global Instagrammer of the Year” and “International Hit of the Year” with her single “One Last Time“.

The word “peacock” does not actually apply to both the male and female birds. It’s only the males that are called peacocks, while the females are called peahens. Together, the collective name for them is “peafowl”.

Evangeline Lilly is a notoriously bad driver. She has been in at least 8 car accidents, and none of them were with another car.

In 1993, Aleksandr A. Serebrov took his Game Boy to space. Later, it was auctioned for $1,220 and is said to have orbited earth 3,000 times.