Thank God it’s Friday, as we enter into the weekend, I thought, perhaps the best way to end the working week is with some interesting strange but true facts. It’s always a challenge for me to write immediately after a post where I get lots of praises, I always wonder, can I outdo the last? These thoughts delay the next, can you imagine? Today however, I think it’s all in a different direction, and you should simply laugh and enjoy yourself.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
Humour: Even if it’s wall paper the width of one room? Whew!
Lesson: Never underestimate things or people that seem small, weak or poor.
China has more English speakers than the United States
Humour: But I bet they have twice as much Chinese speakers than English speakers too.
Lesson: Don’t let the absolutes fool you, work with percentages.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee
Humour: For real, yelling is not worth it.
Lesson: Expressed anger doesn’t achieve much.
Leaving the water running while brushing your teeth can waste four gallons of water in a minute
Humour: What is 4 gallons of water times 25 (number of years I’ve been brushing my teeth myself) times 365?
Lesson: Little bad habits have serious effects.
Goats do not have upper front teeth
Humour: I’ve eaten up to 20 Esi-Ewu’s and I’m just discovering?
Lesson: What you don’t have is what you don’t need.
On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime
Humour: If I’m average, I know a guy that has eaten for 15yrs already and he’s not 30 yet.
Lesson: Whatever you dedicate 2hrs per day to, would have taken 5yrs by the time you are 60yrs old.
The longest hiccups on record was by an American pig farmer whose hiccups persisted from 1922 to 1990
Humour: Hiccups for 69yrs? Be thankful for the brief ones you had.
Lesson: Find out what he did, and stay away from it.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure
Humour: Does that mean every other animal does it for business?
Lesson: Also the most intelligent species. Without intelligence, sexuality will be missmanaged.
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic
Humour: Same thing with Fadeyi Oloro – Warapa ni, were ni, Digbolugi ni eya go fun (He’s epilectic, mad and rabbid, run from him. – A yoruba leader of some sort)
Lesson: There is no excuse or handicap good enough for not taking leadership responsibility.
Charlie Chaplin once lost a contest for a Charlie Chaplin look a like
Humour: Strange, but I think even I will lose the contest if they use one of my university pictures.
Lesson: The world doesn’t know who you are, even when they think they do. Do yourself a favour and know yourself.
The markings that are found on dice are called “pips.”
Humour: Isn’t it strange it’s the same thing that we call increaments in forex trading? Does this suggest that we are gambling?
Lesson: Don’t invest in forex what you are not willing to lose.
If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world
Humour: If Apples were oranges, they’ll taste sweeter, does that make sense? I didn’t think so.
Lesson: There are companies that are Nations. I will make you a father of many nations is not just for countries.
One billion seconds is about 32 years
Humour: No wonder we called it uncountable when we were young.
Lesson: Earning $1 per second will only make you become a billionaire in 32yrs.
Hitler was voted Time Magazine’s man of the year in 1938.
Humour: shege!
Lesson: It’s better to be notorious than invisible.
A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless.
Humour: And the owner didn’t make money from it.. can you imagine that?
Lesson: It is strange to go far in life without direction, but many dare it.
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Humour: There is hope for Nigeria Stock Exchange.
Lesson: Great things start small and different. There are many companies whose early days were very funny.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle
Humour: Leading the world war didn’t require balls. One was good!
Lesson: Nothing is capable of hindering you except what you chose to hinder you.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open
Humour: That’s better than security dogs, but who did they offend?
Lesson: Situational awareness is key
26 thoughts on “Amazing Trivia”
When I read the Entrepreneur’s Creed some minutes ago, I was wondering if you can actually come up with a better write up than that. But within minutes,you have proved me wrong…
Nice one Deolu! What a great peice this is!
This is humorous but full of wisdom in nuggets form, this means it can be swallowed bit by bit, this piece is also a must print for me, your messages towards this weekend are special infact i think this one is pecuiliar out of all your post this year considering the model.
I have been observing something over time in this enviroment where i reside, it amazes me the value and importance that is placed on Speeches or Articles, it can always make the difference. I bought a book recently (with CD) titled ‘100 SPEECHES THAT HAS CHANGED THE WORLD’, its been fantastic i’m learning a lot from it.
Thanks Deolu for your care for writing inspiring and educative articles always, your reward is yet to appear, trust me, your greater days are ahead, stay blessed.
I enjoyed this so much, am still laughing. Have a great weekend.
Nice job, nice job!!!
what else can i probably say that had not been said yet? but all the same, kudos to you Deolu, more wisdom & understanding for u in Jesus name. i really enjoyed this piece notwitstanding that this is my very first time of visiting ur site! i think & believe this site shld be a must for future oriented people and i think i agree with one of the responses that said this particular piece is a must print! do hv urselves a wonderful weekend!
You just made my day with thoughts for the weekend.
Gbosa for you.
I enjoyed it too, holding on to ..”the father of many companies (nations)…”
Three days ago, I stumbled on this site while surfing and since then it has been my daily “meat”. What a great job Deolu is doing here!
This is humorous and insightful too. Thanks for lightening my mood. I enjoyed every bit of it.
Thanks for the humourous wkd starter, have a grt wkd everyone. Pls ensure U rest and have fun.
hmmm, good one. U re speaking like the sages of old. I like it, quite thoughtful and inspirational.
One in a million posts…
awesome!what manner of wit and wisdom do you have wrapped inside you.im still doffing my hat.
Honestly, you are a fantastic young man. I heard about you first in 2007 during my national youth service in Ilorin precisely from another dynamic young man I believed you must have worked with while at P&G. We call him Pastor Kay, a close associate and assistant to Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Common Wealth of Zion Assembly Ilorin.
Like I told him then, I have confidence that Nigeria surely has a glorious tomorrow.
Femi Banigbe is another young, dynamic and promising personality I look up to on the New Nigeria Project. I believe in you. Keep the flag high up.
Very funny and interesting post. I like the lessons that come with it as well. They are very insighful.
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All,
Thanks oh… Ori mi wu oh. Now I’m faced with the daily challenge of outdoing the past.
Truth juxtaposed with humor,
what a great way to get a message of this sought across.
Never knew Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.
Truly there’s no reason to fail.
Thanks Deolu.
i like the part about leadership and fadeyi oloro
i also like the part about pips, dice and forex
and the one about hitler and balls, also about it being better to be notorious than doing nothing….hmmm
finally i like the one about the headless chicken
those are the once that inspire me at the moment
about the headless chicken you said “It is strange to go far in life without direction, but many dare it.” i think you meant “but few dare it”
Na wa oh that was funny!, cool though, many lessons to be learnt.nice piece keep it up.
OMG OMG OMG……THis is soooooooooooo Refreshing…. and funny.
Really inspiring, yet funny….I am not sure wether to meditate deeply on the lessons or laugh at the humour….I am now sandwiched between the two….lol
this is a good piece. good job Deolu
great one sir D. i’ve been blessed.
Whao! very funny and interesting. So many lessons to learn from these.
Thumbs up to Comedian Deolu.
Insightful!
humorous and inspiring. keep the flag flying sir!
unwinding realities. they make sense only if you personalize them. and these are thing we pay less attention to. thanks for the revelation