15 More "Fascinating" "Facts"

The second installment in this, the world's premier source of "facts" that are "fascinating"

1. The word “fire” comes from the English word “fire” meaning fire.
2. The sun’s surface temperature is 5778K, its radius is 695,000km, it’s 149,600, 000km away, it has not arms or eyes. The sun literally cannot put a hat on.
3. The movie sound effect for punching was first recorded in 1957, and was in fact the sound of a fat kid pretending to open a can of cola.
4. In summer it’s possible to assassinate fair skinned people with magnifying glasses.
5. In Russia it is illegal for an angry woman to carry a handbag with bricks in it.
6. Fascinating Fact: For a short time in 1964 Sphinktermussen was the most popular boys name in Scotland.
7. 85% of novelty fridge magnets are made by tin men in the North Pole.
8. Glitter is made from dry, ground up cat retinas.
9. The word “plumber” stems from a combination of the latin word “plumbum” meaning lead, and the ancient Hebrew word “ber” meaning hairy gay man.
10. The lyrics to the hit 80s song “The Reflex” by Duran Duran were found in a Rastafarian tomb whilst the band were holidaying in Ethiopia.
11. You only have 5000 burps to use in your lifetime. Once they run out the gas builds up in your gut and you bloat. That’s why people seem fatter as they age.
12. Gore, New Zealand has a different calendar. It's currently 1983 there.
13. Stephen King wrote his 1993 best-selling novel “Pet Sematary” [sic] after his cat, Philip, was savagely attacked by a mob of seagulls who mistook the golden-coloured feline for a bag of chips.
14. Guarana was invented by Che Guevara as a way to stay up late while he studied for his corporate business management exams. He later failed them causing him to descend into left wing armed rebellion.
15. Some farmers can taste with their feet