#20: 19 weird fun facts

AK-47 was in fact based on a German SS assault rifle from 1944 – StG 44. Tweet This

There are sound frequencies, which most teenagers can hear but are completely undetectable for adults. Tweet This

Couple of years ago, Tibetan mastiffs were priced $200,000 in China. Now the fad is gone and they cost as low as $5 and are often eaten. Tweet This

The world’s most polluted city for 2014 was Delhi. Tweet This

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By 2017, Norway will stop broadcasting analog FM radio stations and will use digital radio only. Tweet This

A church in Carey, Ohio houses an exact replica of the statue “Our Lady of Consolation”, venerated at Luxembourg City’s Cathedral.  Tweet This

In Ferguson, Montana, for every 100 black women aged between 25 and 54, there are only 60 black men. Tweet This

Moths imitate bees’ scent and can sneak unnoticed into a hive. Tweet This

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The designer of VW Golf first offered the prototype to FIAT, which turned it down for being “too ugly.” Tweet This

In 1970, Keith Emerson recorded the first lead synthesizer solo. Tweet This

Buckingham palace, if ever put on the market, is considered to be the most expensive residential building worldwide. Tweet This

The great majority of Tasmanian devils suffer from deadly face cancer. Tweet This

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Generators with horizontal axis wind turbines are more efficient from the vertical ones. Tweet This

Since 1958, half a billion Hula hoops have been sold worldwide. Tweet This

Israel and the United States don’t recognize what happened a century ago in the Ottoman Empire as “Armenian genocide.” Tweet This

For couple of decades in the 19th century, ice was the second biggest U.S. export, behind cotton. Tweet This

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A dildo that can hold 21 grams of a cremated loved one’s ashes is already marketed. Tweet This

The domain “symbolics.com” is thought to be the first .com ever, registered on 15 March 1985. Tweet This

In China, there was a smartphone app, which permitted hiring mobsters online to beat up somebody. Tweet This