fascinating facts and figures

Fascinating Facts and Figures

Here is a collection of fascinating facts and figures about various subjects such as animals, general knowledge, geography, history, inventions, music, sports and transport.


 

Here is a randomly chosen selection of fascinating facts


Entertainment - Cartoons - Cartoon Film
The first full-length cartoon film was Walt Disney's, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was released in 1937.

Animals - Spiders - Brazilian Wandering Spiders
Brazilian wandering spiders are the most venomous spiders in the world.

Space - The Planets - Saturn's Rings
The rings around Saturn are not solid. They consist of pieces of rocky debris that orbit the planet.

Music - The Music Business - Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley was the nickname given to West 28th Street in New York where the popular-song music publishing businesses were based.

Sports - Soccer - Stanley Matthews
Stanley Matthews was known as "The Wizard of Dribble".

Inventions and Inventors - 19th Century - Safety Matches
Safety matches were invented in 1855 by Johan Edvard Lundsrtom of Sweden. They are safe because the ingredients necessary to create fire are separated. One part is on the head of the match and the other part on the matchbox.

Animals - Fish - The Archer Fish
The Archer fish of Inia catches insects by drowning them with water squirted from its mouth.

Inventions and Inventors - 20th Century - Laser
Lasers were invented in 1960 by Theodore Maiman. The name laser stands for 'light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation',

Inventions and Inventors - 18th Century - The Parachute
The parachute was invented in 1785 by Jean-Pierre F Blanchard of France.

Science - Physics - Rainbows
The seven colors in a rainbow are (from inside to outside) :- violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.