Facts You Probably don’t Need

  • The Inca goddess Axomamma is the goddess of potatoes.

 

  • In Sweden, Monty Python’s Life of Brian was marketed as “So funny, it was banned in Norway.”

 

  • The company that makes Lamborghini was originally just a tractor company. They only began making the famous cars out of spite against Ferrari.

 

  • The last wild cow died in 1627.

 

  • Cigarette lighters were invented before matches.

 

  • The only member of the rock band ZZ Top that didn’t have a beard was the drummer. His name is Frank Beard.

 

  • In 2012, six scientists were convicted on manslaughter charges after they failed to adequately warn people about a 2006 earthquake in Italy which killed over 300 people.  The charges were later overturned on appeal.

 

  • Prader-Willi Syndrome is a disorder that causes the constant feeling of hunger.

 

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.

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