Writing Prompts: Interesting Facts
Thanks to @graceful-ashes who had the brilliant idea of me posting all of my interesting facts here so I can clear out my inbox! I'm pinning this post for easy access. I'm trying to write a fic for each of them. But I also am accepting prompts if anyone has any, I'm always looking for new things to write. It really helps with writer's block! Thanks for helping me out! <3
Also also, if anyone else wants to use these as prompts, feel free to! Just tag me if you do, I want to see what you guys come up with :)
Full series on ao3! Facts/any fics not on ao3 below the cut!
The biggest fast food chain in the world doesn't have any U.S. locations
Some of the stones at Stonehenge came from 150 miles away
Mother's Day is usually the biggest day of the year for restaurants
The living room set of the 'Addams Family' tv show was actually pink
Radium was added to food and drinks because it was thought to have health benefits
The epitaph on Shakespeare's grave is a curse
The speed of a computer mouse is measured in 'mickeys,' named after Mickey Mouse
Carrots weren't originally orange
Koala fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from those of humans
You can still see part of your third eyelid
Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world by surface area
The color of the universe is 'cosmic latte'
Coast redwood trees are the tallest beings in the world
You can mail potatoes and coconuts without a box through the U.S. Postal Service
Colombia has more bird species than any other country
A day in the age of dinosaurs was around 23 hours long
Monkeys have been using stone tools for thousands of years
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is getting straighter
Nintendo was founded in 1889 to sell playing cards
Scientists have discovered a new color only 5 people have seen
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches during the summer
Mice don't particularly like cheese
The first logo for Apple featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting under a tree
The first sound recording was made before the samurai were abolished
The pattern of every tiger's stripes is unique
Harvard is older than calculus
The TV face of the Marlboro Man never smoked
There are Spotify playlists for the exact cook times of different pastas
Scientists think there may be 50,000 more spider species left to discover
The first working escalator was an amusement park ride
Roses used to be a traditional flower to give dads on Father's Day
Scientists have found fossils of a 'Sabertooth Salmon' that could grow 8 feet long
Ernest Hemingway's brother established his own micronation
Only 1 in about 3,000 calico cats is male
Volcanoes can create lightning
Google Maps once listed a town that never existed
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak prank-called the Vatican
A volcanic explosion caused a 'year without a summer' in 1816 - and inspired 'Frankenstein'
One horse can have up to 15 horsepower
Writing systems were independently invented at least 4 times
London and New York are each around 20% covered by trees
There's a village inside the Grand Canyon
A single panini is called a panino
U.S. Vice President Charles Dawes wrote a hit pop song
There's a secret room behind Mount Rushmore
There is cell phone service at the summit of Mount Everest
There are vents on the seafloor hot enough to melt lead
Belgium has an annual seagull screeching contest
There are only three countries in the world that are entirely surrounded by one other country
A tiny European island changes its nationality every six months
The "dog days of summer" are named after the star Sirius
Humans are more sensitive to petrichor than sharks are to the smell of blood
The Taj Mahal appears to change colors throughout the day
The red trolley on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" traveled 5,000 miles annually
The world's hardest cheese can last up to 20 years
The stick has been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame
The last U.S. president with facial hair was William Howard Taft
The Japanese word "tsundoku" describes the act of buying books and never reading them
The world's longest known cave system is in Kentucky
The moon has glass beads that may contain billions of tons of water
The first-ever speeding ticket was issued to a driver going 8 miles per hour
The westernmost and easternmost points of U.S. territory both share the same name
Certain types of rhubarb have to be harvested by candlelight
One of the shortest days on record just occurred
The last American to collect a Civil War pension died in 2020
There is one remaining Blockbuster location - in Bend, Oregon
Aztecs considered cacao beans more valuable than gold
The world's oldest mummies are in Chile
There are golf balls on the moon
Jellyfish can evaporate if left out in the sun
The whistle register is the highest vocal register a human can reach
High heeled shoes exert more pressure on the ground than a skyscraper
The world's most massive plant is a stand of 47,000 genetically identical aspen trees
It's nearly impossible to overcook mushrooms
There are probably Greenland sharks alive right now that are older than the United States
Giraffe hearts weigh about 40 times as much as human hearts
There are firefighters in Antarctica
There were ginkgo trees on earth before the dinosaurs
Women were the first beer brewers
The International Space Station is the most expensive item humans have ever built
The Hollywood sign was originally illuminated with 4,000 lightbulbs
Bat species make up 21% of all mammals
The models for the painting 'American Gothic' were the artist's sister and dentist
There is wine made in Antartica
