#100: 14 Cool facts and trivia

The Welsh comedian, Tommy Cooper, died of a heart attack on live television in 1984. The audience thought that it was part of the performance and continued applauding. Tweet This

Venezuela’s name roughly translates as “the little Venice”. Tweet This

A large part of the Netherlands is actually below the sea level with the lowest city at -7 meters.  Tweet This

Initially, WD-40 was developed for lubricating nuclear missiles. Tweet This

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The Scottish surgeon, Robert Liston, performed an operation with a 300% mortality rate. While amputating a leg, he accidentally cut his assistant’s fingers. Both the patient and the assistant succumbed from infection and a man in the audience died from a heart attack. Tweet This

Several bird species are known to sleep while flying: swifts, albatrosses and great frigate birds to name a few. Tweet This

The British Royal family are not allowed to play Monopoly at home. Tweet This

Since 2013, Mount Everest has 4G mobile phone coverage. Tweet This

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If we were capable of hearing frequencies lower than 20 Hz, we would hear the movement of our muscles. Tweet This

The Japanese macaques, aka “snow monkeys”, are the most northern-living primates. They are sometimes observed to roll snowballs for fun. Tweet This

When flatworms mate, two “males” fence one another with their bifurcated penises. The winner (the one that stabs the other with its penis) remains male while the loser becomes female. Tweet This

Generally, humans have a better chance of finding a mate in densely populated areas. It is not at all that easy for the birds in big cities however, because their seductive mating calls cannot be heard over traffic. Tweet This

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Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Finland and all the former USSR states have different rails sizes from the rest of Europe. This means that trains from these countries cannot travel in Europe without changes to the wheelsets. Tweet This

Every year, more than 70,000 whales die in the oceans from natural causes. Tweet This