These 9 hilarious facts about everything will turn your world upside down
27.05.2018
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In Scotland, there are more than 400 words to describe snow. The largest tire manufacturer in the world is... LEGO. A dog was once elected a mayor of a small town, Are you ready for more hilarious facts about the world?
#1
Lego produced 318 million tires in 2011, making them the world's largest tire manufacturer by number of units produced, even if they are produced for toy cars.
#2
Bosco the dog was entered in the mayor’s race by his owner as a joke... and beat the other two candidates. The dog became a symbol of democracy and served since 1981 until his death in 1994.
#4
Such a marriage is called posthumous marriage or necrogamy. Since WWI, France has had hundreds of requests each year, and many of them have been accepted.
#5
The Scots have a word for nearly every type of snow, whether it is a slight snow shower (“flindrikin”), a heavy fall of snow ("onding") or small drops or flakes of wind-driven snow (“spitters”).
#7
Having 5 toes on the front paw is uncommon in the animal kingdom. The extra digit vastly improves cats' climbing abilities, and it's common to all members of the cat family, except for the cheetah.
#8
...and lost! To celebrate the Treaties of Tilsit, Napoleon asked his Chief of Staff to make a rabbit hunt happen. Napoleon's people arranged an outdoor luncheon, invited guests and found several hundred of rabbits. The hunt began. When the rabbits were released from the cages, they didn't scurry in fright... they decided to counterattack! The sea of rabbits surrounded Napoleon and his people, starting to climbing up their legs. Napoleon tried to defend, but fled to his carriage in the end.
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