Popularized by Shakespeare’s play, many people think Julius Caesar’s last words were, “And you, Brutus?” In reality, he said, “You too, my child?”
100 Mind-Blowing Play Facts
Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors.
For her part as June Boatwright in the 2008 movie “The Secret Life of Bees,” Alicia Keys learned to play cello within 4 weeks.
In Halden prison in Norway, guards are encouraged to interact, play sports, and eat with the inmates. This is to prevent aggression and create a sense of family.
It is illegal to play a musical instrument in the Northern Territory, Australia, to annoy other people.
When Play-Doh was first developed in the 1930s, it wasn’t a toy… it was a way to clean wallpaper.
Football teams wearing red kits play better. The colour of your clothes can affect how you’re perceived by others and change how you feel. A review of football matches in the last 55 years, for example, showed that teams wearing a red kit consistently played better in home matches than teams in any other colour.
The world’s oldest toy is a stick. Think of how versatile a stick is. You can use it to play fetch with your dog, swing it as a bat, or use your imagination to turn it into a lightsaber. That’s why, in 2008, the National Toy Hall of Fame inducted the stick into its collection of amazing toys as, very possibly, the oldest toy ever.
Some single-celled organisms are bigger than a wasp. Two can play that game. The Caulerpa alga is made of just one cell but can grow up to 12 inches long.
Video games help surgeons perform better. According to a 2007 study, surgeons who play certain video games at least 3 hours a week performed 27% faster with 37% fewer errors during surgery.
North Korean teachers were required to play the accordion. This musical instrument is also known as the “people’s instrument” due to its convenient size suitable for taking to marches. Students from all schools in the country are required to learn them. This explains why teachers need to pass an accordion exam before they get their teaching licenses during the 1990s.
Alan Shepard played golf on the moon. He is also the one and only person to play golf on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission. His second shot travelled further than 200 yards.
The inventor of the frisbee became a frisbee himself. During the 1950s, Steady Ed invented the frisbee, and later on the sport of disc golf in the 70s. He dedicated his life to frisbees and it was stated in his final testimonials that he wished to have his ashes turned into a frisbee itself. This was so that he would be able to play with his son even when he wasn’t around.
Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie. Trailers were first introduced during the 1910s, hence the name. But now modern marketing finds that it is more efficient for trailers to play before a film rather than after.
Possums do not play dead. They pass out from fear of their predators.
10% of the world population is left-handed. Our first of our did you know facts are about left-handed people. It is said that men are more likely to be left-handed than women. Various studies have also suggested that the handedness of a person can be determined by the time they spend in the mother’s womb. Some studies also suggest that one’s heritage may also play a role in determining if someone will be left or right-handed.
A classic violin is made with 70 different pieces of wood. Associated with class and elegance, the earliest version of a violin emerged in the1500s in Italy. The first known creator of the violin was Andrea Amati. He had been commissioned by the Medici family to create an instrument like a lute, but easier to play.
The Fender Guitar company makes 90,000 guitar strings a day. Fender may be one of the biggest music companies, but its founder, Leo Fender, did not know how to play any instruments.
The British Royal Family can’t play Monopoly. It’s not really because of a royal decree (Like how the Queen can’t sit on the Iron Throne since she can only sit on hers!). One of the ridiculously unbelievable funny facts: Prince Andrew said playing the game “gets too vicious” for the Royal Family.
A fortune cookie once predicted the lottery, and 110 people won. In 2005, a shocking 110 people won second place in a Powerball drawing, with each one describing a fortune cookie for their lucky digits. Usually, only 4 or 5 people win second place. However, upon investigation, no foul play was involved.
The biggest video game collection has a library of over 20,000 games. Antonio Monteiro of Texas holds the Guinness World Record for the largest video game collection at 20,139 video games. The collection features games from the 2nd to 8th generation consoles and over 100 devices to play them on. One of the most hardcore video game facts: It took Guinness 8 days to finish counting them all!
A man reached level 90 in World of Warcraft without leaving the starting zone, ever. The player Double agent spent 173.5 days mining and picking herbs for XP. Technically, he was stuck in the Wandering Isles for life – he couldn’t even play PvP since you’d need to have a faction for that.
Play-Doh was invented as a wallpaper cleaner. Play-Doh was initially invented to remove soot and dirt from wallpaper. Antique restorers still use it for refurbishing antique pieces. However, Play-Doh was officially recognised as a toy in 1954.
The Play-Doh scent is patented. In 2017, Hasbro filed a trademark for Play-Doh’s distinct smell of “sweet, slightly Musky vanilla fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, mixed with the smell of salted, wheat-based dough.” Soon after, the trademark was approved.
When a cat makes a question-mark-shaped tail it’s asking, “Want to play?”
The youngest football player to play in a World Cup was Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland in 1982 at age 17.
Identical twins do not have the same fingerprints. Contrary to popular belief, identical twins can’t have the same fingerprints because of development factors in the womb. The rate their fingers grew, their position in the womb, and the length of their umbilical cord all play a factor.
Soccer teams that wear red tend to play better. The colour of your clothes affects how others see you and how you feel. Studies have shown that soccer teams played better in red in home matches.
Play-Doh was originally used as a wallpaper cleaner.
Coral reefs are Earth’s largest living structure. Coral reefs are not only beautiful natural wonders but also the largest living structure on Earth. These underwater ecosystems are made up of colonies of tiny animals called coral polyps, which build calcium carbonate skeletons that accumulate over time and form the complex structures we know as coral reefs. Coral reefs are incredibly diverse and play a vital role in the ocean ecosystem, providing habitat and protection for many species, and acting as a natural barrier that helps to protect coastlines from storms and erosion. Unfortunately, coral reefs are under threat from a range of environmental factors, including ocean acidification, rising temperatures and global warming. ESA research has shown how our ocean waters have become more acidic over the last three decades and how this is having a detrimental effect on marine life. By using satellite technology to measure ocean colour, temperature and salinity, scientists can track changes in ocean chemistry and detect areas where acidification is occurring. Rising temperatures can also have a direct impact on coral reefs, causing coral bleaching, which occurs when corals expel the algae that live in their tissues and provide them with food. Coral bleaching can lead to the death of the coral, which can have knock-on effects on the wider ecosystem.
Trees are breathers. Trees are one of the most effective tools we have to combat climate change. Forests are home to around 80% of biodiversity on land and tropical forests alone produce over 40% of the oxygen we breathe. Covering around 30% of Earth’s land surface, we depend on forests for our survival. Forests absorb around 8 Gigatonnes a year of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and play a crucial role in the carbon cycle and climate system. However, climate change, forest degradation and deforestation are causing much of this stored carbon to be released back into the atmosphere. Recent research found that recovering tropical forests was only successfully combating a quarter of the current carbon emissions which indicates the importance of preserving and restoring our tropical forests. To better understand the role of trees in regulating our planet’s carbon cycle, ESA’s upcoming mission called Biomass will use advanced radar technology to measure the amount of carbon stored in Earth’s forests and other biomass, providing a more accurate assessment of carbon storage and uptake than ever before. By monitoring changes in biomass over time, scientists will be able to assess the effectiveness of forest conservation efforts and better understand the impact of deforestation on our climate.
OJ Simpson was originally cast to play Terminator, but the studio was afraid that no one would buy him as a remorseless killer.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third-largest city.
In an average NFL football game, there are only about 12 minutes of actual play time.
One of the most famous movie lines in history was never said. We often quote, “Play it again, Sam,” from Casablanca; but the real line is, “Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By.’”
Play-Doh started as a wallpaper cleaner before the head of the struggling company realized the non-toxic material made a good modelling clay for children and rebranded it.
In the 1940s, a retired schoolteacher came up with Candyland to entertain children who were hospitalized from polio. Because its colour system required no reading, young kids could easily play.
Study Reveals Surgeons Need To Play More Video Games, But Why? Beth Israel Medical Centre in New York recently carried out a study with 33 of its surgeons. The surgeons took a surgical skills test in Laparoscopy that lasted almost two days. In the study, researchers tracked performance in the skills test on an individual level. They then recorded each surgeon’s habits about playing video games. Nine of 33 surgeons played an average of three hours of games per week. They outscored surgeons that never played video games in various categories. For instance, they committed 37 per cent fewer errors and completed the test 27 per cent faster. The study concluded a strong correlation exists between surgical skill and Laparoscopy performance.
Top Android Apps for 2021. Having recently crunched sales numbers and pulled statistics related to Android app usage, analysts at the Android Authority website say 2022 will be more dynamic. “There are a ton of amazing Android apps out there. However, there are a few that stand out above the rest.” Apps that help consumers function are listed below, but for games and fun, this website is your resource: https://play.Google.com/store/apps/top?hl=en&gl=US. 1Weather, Google Drive, Waze and Google Maps, Google Search/Assistant/Feed, Last Pass, Microsoft SwiftKey, Nova Launcher, Podcast Addict, Poweramp, Solid Explorer, Tasker and IFTTT, Textra, TickTick, YouTube; YouTube Music, Zedge.
The name “robot” has dark origins. If you look into the etymology of “robot,” comes from the Czech word “robota,” which translates to forced labour or work. The word was first used to refer to a fictional humanoid in a play in 1920.
The first online gaming was before the year 2000. Sega Dreamcast was the first 128-bit console to hit the market. Released in 1999, it was the first console that allowed real-time online play. Unfortunately, it was a little too early for its time, as back then, most Internet connections were not reliable enough.
Thomas Crapper’s toilet. Contrary to popular belief, Thomas Crapper did not invent the flushing toilet, though his name is often associated with it. Crapper did play a significant role in popularising the flushing toilet and developed related inventions like the ball cock. However, the word ‘crap’ does not come from his name; it has Middle English origins and first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1846.
Missed. In 1800 George III survived two assassination attempts in one day. On the morning of 15 May, he was shot in Hyde Park, but the bullet narrowly missed and hit a civil servant, who survived. That evening the king was shot at again at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by a mentally disturbed army veteran, who also missed. George insisted that the play go on.
More than 300,000 Android users have downloaded banking trojan apps via the Google Play Store. (Threat Fabric)
London has the world’s longest-running show: At St. Martins Theatre in the West End in London, the world’s longest-running show is being played. Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been running since 1952, which means that the show has been running for more than 70 years now. The show started as a radio play, called Three Blind Mice, and follows the story of seven strangers snowed in at a home in the countryside.
The Longest-Running Show in the World Is in London: The longest-running performance in the world is being performed at St. Martins Theatre in London’s West End. Considering that Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap debuted in 1952, the show has been airing for over 70 years to this day. The plot of the show, which began as a radio play named Three Blind Mice, centres on seven strangers who become stuck at a rural house due to snowfall.
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