Helen Keller was related to Robert E. Lee. Her paternal grandmother was a second cousin to him.
100 Mind-Blowing E Facts
The full name of the famous Chuck E. Cheese’s mouse is Charles Entertainment Cheese.
The serial number on Darth Vader’s suit of armour was E-3778Q-1.
You can visit or stay in the “Scandal Room” (originally room 214) at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., where E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy communicated with burglars via radio during the 1972 Watergate break-in.
No number before 1,000 contains the letter A. But there are plenty of E’s, I’s, O’s, U’s, and Y’s.
Pregnancy tests date back to 1350 B.C.E. According to a document written on ancient papyrus, Egyptian women urinated on wheat and barley seeds to determine if they were pregnant or not, reports the Office of History in the National Institutes of Health. If wheat grew, it predicted a female baby. If barley grew, it predicted a male baby. The woman was not pregnant if nothing grew. Experimenting with this seed theory in 1963 proved it was accurate 70 per cent of the time.
The letter ‘E’ is the most popular letter in the alphabet. ‘Z’ is the least popular.
Toilets usually flush in E flat. Another weird bathroom fun fact: most toilets flush in a certain key. Try listening for the key of E flat in your toilet at home.
M&M’s stands for “Mars & Murrie’s.” The two ‘M’s on this candy staple represent the names of Forrest E. Mars Sr., (founder of Newark Company), and Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey Chocolate’s president William F. R. Murrie). One of the little-known fun facts about M&M’s is that it’s made with Hershey’s chocolate. Another fun fact? It’s a copycat product! Mars only had an idea for the product from seeing its British predecessor, Smarties.
New Zealand was once auctioned on eBay. In 2006, an Australian man auctioned the country on the e-commerce platform with a starting bid of $0.01. The bidding prices were raised to $3,000 before officials of the website shut it down.
Specifically shaped cornflakes can be sold on eBay. A cornflake in the shape of Illinois was once sold on the E-commerce platform for a total of $1,350. The buyer of this single flake stated that he wanted it for his travelling museum.
The ice cream cone was invented during the 1904 St. Louis World Fair. The invention of this edible container was made when a Syrian named Ernest E. Hamwi used batter at his waffle booth to make cones. This was done to help out his neighbor who kept running out of serving bowls.
The most commonly used letter in the English alphabet is E. The second most common letters are T, A, I, N, and O. The least used letter in the English alphabet is the letter Q.
Every odd number has an “e” in it. Trying to find an odd number without the letter “e” would be like attempting to beat God.
Some hospitals have beer. No, we doubt you can ask for a pint in the E.R., but some hospitals do keep a supply of beer for alcoholic patients. This is to avoid possible complications from withdrawals.
Monica and Joey were supposed to be the main F.R.I.E.N.D.S. romance. The ‘90s hit show had fans swooning over the romance arcs, but the pairings that ended up together weren’t the original plan. Originally, Monica and Joey were supposed to be the endgame. Joey was also supposed to be extra sleazy, even hitting on Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe. However, Matt LeBlanc suggested toning down Joey’s character to only flirting with girls outside the main cast. This made Joey way more likeable and gave way to the romances that ended up developing through the course of the series.
A chain-smoker voiced E.T. Pat Welsh was an American actress who voiced E.T. The trademark rasp of E.T.’s voice is due to Welsh being a heavy smoker. However, she was uncredited in the film.
Every second, over 2 million e-mails are sent. For each second on the Internet, 9.4 websites are created, 3,000,000 Google searches are done, and 672 people search for porn.
Helen Keller is related to Robert E. Lee—her paternal grandfather was his second cousin.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
There’s a planet mostly made from diamond. The Super-Earth planet, 55 Cancri e, is around twice the size of Earth and is likely made of diamond and graphite.
Lima beans have an amazing ability to command wasps as a defence. If insects are eating the lima bean’s leaves, the plant gives off a substance that acts as a signal to parasitic wasps to swoop in and destroy their enemy (i.e. the leaf-eating insects).
“E” is the most common letter in the English language, appearing in 11% of all words. “A” is next and appears in 8.5% of words, while “Q” is the rarest letter, only appearing in .2% of words.
The Wizard of Oz’s Full Name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. In the book, he explains that he called “myself O.Z., because the other initials were P-I-N-H-E-A-D.”
Each year, Americans dump cell phones containing worth over $60 million in gold and silver. E-waste comprises 2% of the waste in America’s landfills. Shockingly, 70% of all toxic waste is comprised of e-waste. Americans throw away 14 million mobile devices each year. Few people realize these devices contain precious metals like gold and silver. On an annual basis, Americans toss $60 million in gold and silver straight into the trash.
Ubuntu follows a very tremendous and strict development schedule. Its new stable version is released in every six months, i.e. in April and October.
In 2020, cybercriminals cloned the voice of a U.A.E. company director to initiate a $35 million bank transfer. (Forbes)
The US is home to the most iconic musical artists of all time i.e. Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Beyonce.
The US film industry i.e. Hollywood is the largest, oldest, and most profitable film industry in the world.
Some of the applications that were developed based on GPT-3 are ChatGPT: launched in November 2020, which is a chatbot, article writer, and code writer. DALL-E: first appearing in January 2021, it creates images from text. Whisper: released in September 2022, it performs as a multilingual voice-to-text.
ChatGPT free includes unlimited messages, interactions, and history. ChatGPT Plus costs $20 per user billed monthly and adds access to additional tools like DALL·E, Browsing, Advanced Data Analysis, and more.
Since 2020, some robots can detect when they’re “in pain” – i.e., damaged – which makes them aware that they need repair. These robots can also self-repair.