Thursday, November 12, 2026

What are some surprising facts that sound like nonsense, but are actually true?

 1. The Facebook logo is blue because its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, can see best in blue. He is red-green colorblind, so he chose blue as his "richest color."

2. More than 50% of pilots admitted to falling asleep mid-flight. Of those 50%, 29% said they woke up to find their co-pilot also asleep.

3. People lost their balance while walking on the Equator line which Ecuador claims as the midpoint of the earth.

4. Poverty forces Haitians to eat mud cakes to survive.

5. Henry Cavill is not only handsome and good-looking, but also a good uncle. He even went to the trouble of taking his nephew Thomas to school so he wouldn't be bullied by his friends.

6. It turns out that Russia and America are very close. This is evident from the fact that Russia's Big Diomede Island and the United States' Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait are only 3.8 kilometers apart. However, the time difference is 21 hours.

7. In Denmark, many parents leave their toddlers sleeping in strollers on the side of the road. They say this helps the child sleep better and get enough air and sunlight to grow and develop. These parents aren't afraid of their children being kidnapped, as no one in Denmark will pay for the living expenses of another person's child.