Share a little-known or funny piece of information that you take pride in knowing!
I’ve come to realize that doing scholar bowl for years has resulted in me picking up bizarre and often hilarious bits of information, and it’s lovely to know these things, even if they’re completely irrelevant! For example, Bobby Jindal participated in an exorcism and published an article about it, while the performance of the ballet Rite of Spring literally caused riots within the audience while the ballet went on. Please comment; let’s see what we can learn from each other!
Nevada is 89% public lands. Watermelons are 93% water. The most expensive coffee in the world is made from beans that have passed through the digestive tract of this one kind of bird. It rains diamonds on Neptune.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Chinese/Asian people have very high rates of myopia, due to lack of exposure to sunlight
There are a few species of deciduous conifers (bald cypress and larch in the U.S)
The 8 wealthiest people in the world have about the same wealth as the poorest 50% of the total world population.
