Wierd Facts!!!

Started by riv667216 pages

There is no record of a talk-down landing of a large commercial aircraft by a flight attendant. There have, however, been incidents where qualified pilots travelling as passengers or flight attendants on commercial flights have taken the co-pilot's seat to assist the pilot.

Archie Andrews is based on a 1938 movie named "Love Finds Andy Hardy", starring Mickey Rooney.

In 1973, an artist for Archie Comics named Al Hartley got permission to use the characters in a series published by Spire Christian Comics where they meet Jesus.

Archie and his friends have a band called "The Archies" which produced a real song called Sugar Sugar. It was #1 on the pop charts of 1969 and sold over 6 million copies.

Because the nostrils are smaller than the mouth, air exhaled through the nose creates a back flow of air (and oxygen) into the lungs.

Your nose, which is comprised of bone, soft tissue/skin, and cartilage, may change shape as you age.

The septum is the cartilage in the nose that separates the nostrils. ... Many people have an uneven septum, which makes one nostril larger than the other.

In the original STAR TREK pilot, Gene Roddenberry’s girlfriend and future wife, Majel Barrett, was Kirk’s first officer.

After an explosion on the set of one of the Star Trek films, both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy developed tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in the ears than is often permanent and can be debilitating for some sufferers.

George Takei, who played Sulu in the original series called for a truce between Star Wars fans and Star Trek fans in the mid 2000’s, to unite against Twilight fans.

Nirvana played a concert in Beunos Aires where the crowd threw mud and trash at the all-girl opening act. Kurt Cobain was so upset that he sabotaged the show by playing mostly lesser known songs and teasing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” without ever playing it.

Pearl Jam discovered Ticketmaster was adding a service charge to all their concert tickets without informing the band. The band then created their own outdoor stadiums for the fans and testified against Ticketmaster to the United States Department of Justice.

In 2012, when Taylor Swift held a public vote for where she would visit and preform a free concert 4chan users voted for a children’s school for the deaf and won the vote.

During one particular Rolling Stones concert, four people were killed but the overall population of the concert did not change since four babies were born during the concert as well.

Scientists haven’t agreed on the definition of a mountain.

Mount Fuji is part of the world’s first science fiction story.

The largest mountain in our solar system is on Mars.

SKYDIVERS DON’T ALL FALL AT THE SAME SPEED.

SKYDIVING PHOTOGRAPHERS CONTROL THE CAMERA WITH THEIR MOUTH.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning or win the lottery than to die on a tandem skydive.