Wierd Facts!!!

In a study from Brown University, people were given a smell created by a chemical combination and told that it was Parmesan cheese—and they loved it. But when they were given the same smell and told it was vomit, they found the smell completely objectionable.

Toothpaste recipes in the past were pretty weird. For instance, the Egyptians used mint, pepper, iris flower (dried) and crushed rock salt.

Some Egyptians used to add something more into the mixture. For instance, burnt egg shells and ashes of burnt ox hooves were pretty common ingredients.

Romans on the other hand did a bit of nasty stuff. They made toothpastes based on urine. Of course they used oyster shells, crushed bones and other abrasive material too.

A firefighter’s uniform is made of special materials that can withstand temperatures up to 2200 °F and protects a person from concentrated acids and alkali absorbtion.

A firefighter wears an oxygen mask. According to safety regulations, the face shouldn’t have any growths, piercings or hair so that the mask fits tightly.

A firefighter wears 5 to 30 kgs on their body.
This figure varies depending on what the uniform is made of and what is included in the outfit. But it can’t be denied that firefighters can work only if they are physically fit.

The fire department gets many emergencies concerning animals who are in trouble. If a cow gets stuck in a ditch, a dog falls into a well, or a cat can’t get out of a tree or a narrow drainpipe; firefighters will come and do their best to save the them.

The most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcasted 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.

Back in the 1980’s people were able to download Video Games from a radio broadcast by recording the sounds onto a cassette tape that they could then play on their computers.

In 2005, a radio polled 3500 music fans to make the “Rock’s Ultimate Super Group”, where they could choose the best musician of all time at each instrument. They ended up making Led Zeppelin.

Chocolate was once used as currency.
As early as 250 A.D., ancient civilizations of Mexico and South America, specifically The Mayans and the Aztecs, used the cocoa bean as a system of money.

Apples, pears, cherries, plums, apricots, raspberries, strawberries and peaches are all members of the Rose family.

Castoreum, which is used as a substitute vanilla flavouring, is actually taken from the anal glands of beavers.

To decide on the color of interstate highway signs, variously colored signs were erected along a stretch of roadway in the mid-1950s. The signs led to two cities: Utopia and Metropolis. Drivers were later polled about which sign color they preferred. Green came out on top at 58 percent, followed by blue (27 percent), and black (15 percent).

The chosen typeface for highway signs (Highway Gothic) would later be reconsidered by highway officials. The driving population was aging fast, and vision problems were a concern.

In 1935, highway officials gave local governments options when it came to painting centerlines. They could be either yellow, white, or black, depending on the color of the underlying pavement. By 1955, 49 states had adopted white. The lonely holdout, Oregon, preferred yellow, arguing that it was safer.