http://facts.randomhistory.com/xml.rss Recent 10 fact lists en-us 2010-03-11T16:35:07+01:00 Shu Recent Randomhistory Fact Lists http://facts.randomhistory.com/swimwear-facts.html In Australia, Speedos are called “Budgy Smugglers,” a term which is derived from the name of a small parrot, the domestic budgerigar. Apparently, the body-hugging swimwear looks as if it is attempting to conceal a parrot when viewed from the front.f The most expensive swimsuit in the world is a bikini that is worth $30 million dollars. D. . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/swimwear-facts.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/whale-facts.html Whales belong to the order cetacean, meaning they are mammals that are fully adapted to aquatic life. Like dolphins and porpoises, whales are believed to have descended from land animals that returned to the water roughly 50 million years ago after living millions of years on land.b http://facts.randomhistory.com/whale-facts.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html Stress has been called “the silent killer” and can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pain, and an irregular heartbeat.d While it is a myth that stress can turn hair gray, stress can cause hair loss. In fact, telogen effluvium (hair loss) can begin up to three months after a stressful event.j In 20. . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/random-facts-about-hollywood-movies.html Originally, the term “movies” did not mean films, but the people who made them. It was generally used with disdain by early Hollywood locals who disliked the “invading” Easterners.a The first film ever made in Hollywood was D.W. Griffith’s 1910 In Old California, a Biograph melodrama about a Spanish maiden (Marion . . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/random-facts-about-hollywood-movies.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/human-heart-facts.html The average adult heart beats 72 times a minute; 100,000 times a day; 3,600,000 times a year; and 2.5 billion times during a lifetime.f Though weighing only 11 ounces on average, a healthy heart pumps 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels each day.c A kitchen faucet would need to be turned on all the way f. . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/human-heart-facts.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/facts-about-diabetes.html The word “diabetes” is Greek for “siphon,” which refers to the copious urine of uncontrolled diabetes. “Mellitus” is Latin for “honey” or “sweet,” a name added when physicians discovered that the urine from people with diabetes is sweet with glucose.h Scientists predict that there may be 30 million new cases of diabetes i. . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/facts-about-diabetes.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/dating-and-relationship-facts.html Couples usually wait until six to eight dates before they are willing to enter into an exclusive relationship.c Speed dating, invented by a rabbi from Los Angeles in 1999, is based on a Jewish tradition of chaperoned gatherings of young Jewish singles.a The most common time for breakups is around three to five months.c http://facts.randomhistory.com/dating-and-relationship-facts.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facebook-facts.html Facebook has over 350 million active users. More than 35 million users update their status each day, with more than 55 million status updates each day.f More than 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month.f The average Facebook user has 130 friends and sends eight friend requests per month.f . . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facebook-facts.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-weddings.html In the United States, there is no law or religious dictate that says the bride must take the groom’s last name. However, approximately 70% of Americans agree that a bride should change her last name.b The Fijians believe that the god Nangganangga, who watches over married couples, will not let a bachelor enter Fijian paradise and will turn him . . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-weddings.html http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-sarah-palin.html Sarah Louis Palin (née Heath) was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, on February 11, 1964. She was the third of four children. Her family moved to Alaska when she was two months old.a Todd and Sarah Palin met at a high school basketball game. When she first saw him, she whispered to herself, “Thank you, God.”m In her book G. . . http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-sarah-palin.html