Interesting Facts

[James Gryphon]

That few?

[Banya]

That few?

My thoughts as well.

The 1 in 4 statistic counts only those cases known to police or reported in the NCVS.

[Skyblade]

And 1 in 5 people have a mental disorder Or mental illness

[Eulaliaaa!]

And 1 in 5 people have a mental disorder Or mental illness

*raises hand proudly* don't judge, I'm glad to be me! 

Condors are the largest raptor.
Ostrich eggs are the largest bird eggs in the world, hummingbird eggs are the smallest.

[Banya]

The Great Wall of China is not visible from space.  China's air pollution is.

[Luftwaffles]

It takes 30,000 frames to make a 22 minutes animation movie.

[Izeroth]

 The Romans had knowledge of basic steam engines, but never considered them to be anything more than amusing toys.

[Banya]

100 tons of meteorites enter Earth's atmosphere every day.  Though mostly dust fragments, most of it falls in the ocean when reaching Earth's surface.

[Skyblade]

This is a really cool thread

Chocolate contains the same chemical that your body produces when falling in love.

And 1 in 5 people have a mental disorder Or mental illness

*raises hand proudly* don't judge, I'm glad to be me! 

I'm absolutely not judging, just raising awareness. I'm glad you're proud. A mental illness/disorder does not define who you are

[Luftwaffles]

The football player Martìn Palermo is in the Guinness book of records for having missed three penalty kicks in the same match, against Colombia in 1999. He is also there because he scored a header that traveled around 38.9 meters. This goal gave him 200 goals in the Argentine First Division.

[Captain Tammo]

Today (June 17, 2015) is the 130th year anniversary of France delivering the statue of liberty to New York

[Izeroth]

 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day: July 4, 1826.

[Luftwaffles]

The games Half-Life and Resident Evil 2 were rebooted and remade on advanced stages of development because the developers thought that they were "too boring".

[rexhyuga]

fun facts are fun.

after you read this post you will realize that the the brain edits a second 'the'

[Banya]

^Well, I'll be.

There is an average of 8.6 million lightning strikes in Earth's atmosphere in a single day.