General Ignorance Flashcards
How did Nome Alaska get its name?
- 50 year old spelling mistake by cartographer.
- Misread the word ‘name’ with question mark.
What medium is used to write on blackboards?
Gypsum.
Made of calcium sulphate.
What’s the difference between Gypsum and Chalk?
Gypsum is made of calcium sulphate.
Chalk is made of calcium carbonate. Like limestone, human/fish skeletons. Tums.
What first discovered that the Earth was round?
Bees.
What is the temperature of a beehive?
The same as that if a human
How long do your fingernails and hair grow after death?
They don’t. It’s a complete myth.
Why do people think our hair and fingernails grow after death?
Illusion.
After death, bodies dehydrate and the skin tightens.
Therefore creating illusion of growth.
A common misconception is that Atlas is carrying the world on his shoulders, but what is he actually carrying?
The heavens.
Condemned by Zeus to support the sky after the Titans revolted against the Olympians.
