Random and Useless Facts..... - Steroids Source Talk

01dragonslayer · #1 (**permalink**) 12-27-2022, 01:58 AM

The bowler hat wasn't invented to be fancy
This hat was originally intended to protect people's heads from branches when they rode on horses. It's called a Bowler hat because the prototype was designed by Thomas Bowler in the mid 1800s.

A person dressed in a suit and bowler hat

01dragonslayer · #2 (**permalink**) 12-27-2022, 02:19 AM

The giant squid has the biggest eyes of all
Both giant (and colossal) squid have the biggest eyes in the animal kingdom - up to 25cm across, so about the size of a frisbee! The reason they have such big eyes is to help them see in the pitch black of the deep ocean.

A giant squid and a lobster

01dragonslayer · #3 (**permalink**) 12-27-2022, 01:24 PM

You tend to breathe out of one nostril at a time
Don't worry, it's part of the nasal cycle. Some scientists say that this is to keep each nostril from drying out and make it easier to detect different smells quicker. Teamwork makes the nose work. Putting your finger up your nose is gross, though.

01dragonslayer · #4 (**permalink**) 12-28-2022, 02:58 AM

Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine chapel
While it's regarded as a masterpiece, Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine chapel in Vatican City so much, he wrote a poem about it. In a letter to Giovanni da Pistoia, he moaned: 'My brush, above me all the time, dribbles paint so my face makes a fine floor for droppings!'

The Sistine chapel

01dragonslayer · #5 (**permalink**) 12-28-2022, 01:29 PM

Avocados are social media stars
In the summer 2017, over 3 million photos of avocados smashed into a piece of toast were uploaded onto Instagram. Every day.

Avocados on toast

01dragonslayer · #6 (**permalink**) 01-02-2023, 01:31 AM

'OMG' was first used in a letter written in 1917
This isn't a new way of texting. This acronym was first used during the First World War by an admiral named John Arbuthnot Fisher. In a letter to Winston Churchill dated 9/9/17, he wrote "I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis – O.M.G. (Oh! My God!) – Shower it on the Admiralty!" Churchill responded with a sarcastic 'LOL'. Maybe. Probably not, actually.

01dragonslayer · #7 (**permalink**) 01-04-2023, 01:10 PM

The longest boxing match lasted over 7 hours
In 1893, Andy Bowen and Jack Burke had a boxing match in New Orleans, Louisiana and it felt like it would never end. The bout lasted 110 rounds and took seven hours and 19 minutes – it was declared a draw. What a waste of everyone's time!

A boxer and a cheetah referee in a boxing ring