Really TRUE odd factoids

[ClichéGuevara]

People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain shutting down the reflex.

 

[Chromatic]

People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain shutting down the reflex.

I like sneezing, I'm one of those people who has photic sneeze reflex and I like that I do

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I like sneezing, I'm one of those people who has photic sneeze reflex and I like that I do

Autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst (ACHOO syndrome).

 

[Chromatic]

Autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst (ACHOO syndrome).

That too, but not as easy to remember as PSR.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

There are 10 times more stars in the night sky than grains of sand in the world's deserts and beaches, scientists say.

They also say that the number of trees on Earth exceeds the highest estimates for the number of stars in the Milky Way.

 

[Beebo]

Bill Gates is in the news again.
The reporter stated that he “earns” over $100 per second so if he dropped a $100 note on the floor he would have earned double by the time he bent down to pick it back up.

 

[lazybloke]

Bill Gates is in the news again.
The reporter stated that he “earns” over $100 per second so if he dropped a $100 note on the floor he would have earned double by the time he bent down to pick it back up.

Presumably $50 per second, once he and Melinda have agreed a financial settlement!

 

[neil_merseyside]

Presumably $50 per second, once he and Melinda have agreed a financial settlement!

Yes but that's probably every second of every day, over a $Million just kipping...

 

[Dave7]

After the battle of Waterloo TENS OF THOUSANDS of bodies had their teeth removed and sent to England in order to make dentures.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Belphegor is one of the seven princes of Hell who helps people make discoveries and gives them brilliant ideas for inventions to make them rich. He is also Hell's Ambassador for France.

 

[Dave7]

Mount Everest !!!!
Named after the English surveyor George Everest.
IF YOU WANT TO CLIMB IT.........
join the queue**.
Approx 800 people per year do it (or try) but its a very small window around May when the weather allows it.
**At the 'recognized' summit there are usually 6 other climbers waiting in a queue.
Oh yes........you must have a guide which will cost you $75K

 

[matticus]

As well as liking queues, and having a fat wallet, you also need to accept quite a high risk of death. (I'm sure it's safer now on average, but wasn't 10% the going rate for deaths-per-summit?)
People do more ludicrous things with their money, so I leave the Everesters to it. I got scared on Crib Goch in the rain!

 

[Dave7]

I got scared on Crib Goch in the rain!

Me also.
I have never been scared of heights but when you you get to the edge and look down the butterflies start fluttering.

 

[Beebo]

As well as liking queues, and having a fat wallet, you also need to accept quite a high risk of death. (I'm sure it's safer now on average, but wasn't 10% the going rate for deaths-per-summit?)
People do more ludicrous things with their money, so I leave the Everesters to it. I got scared on Crib Goch in the rain!

I don’t think it’s quite 10% but it is high.
The pictures of the queues make it look like an awful experience.
The actual rate is 1%. To put that in perspective it would be one death every 5 F1 races or 4 dead drivers every year.