35 Random Jaw-Dropping Facts, As Shared In This Online Group

McDonalds in USA: 13.700 (2020) Castles in Germany: 20.000

And there are more castles in the U.S. than McDonalds in Russia

What the heck??

As a german: Thats a true fact. Those castles are everywhere. Not always in good shape like the one in teh picture (Neuschwanstein / Bavaria) but still. I love them.

And Walt Disney liked Neuschwanstein castle so much he based the infamous Disney castle on it

As a snow lover... This blew my mind. You can live 30ish years in a snowy state (or country), and still learn about it...

As kids we use to open the windows to “listen” to the snow falling

Alaska: come for the sound of static discharge when snowflakes hit the ground, stay for the northern lights.

Amplify the sound, and it sounds like a car crash. CRUNCH!

Had an experience of that sort: I watched a meteor shower a few years ago, and every time one streaked across the shy I could hear it at that very time - which is, of course, impossible because a). it wouldn't make a sound loud enough to get to the earth's surface, and b). the sound would take a looooong time to get to the earth's surface. I figured out that what I really heard was the electromagnetic induction between my hair and the frames of my glasses caused by ionization of the superheated air around the meteorite.

This is from a 2019 meme, that also states you can bury ashes in a graveyard but not in a cemetery....this information is all false.... the difference between graveyards and cemeteries is non-existent. Historical differences existed between churchyards and cemeteries that gradually went away in modern day usage. The interment of ashes is also dependent on the rituals of the community the burial site is tied to. The information in the above meme is misleading and incorrect, which goes to show that some claims should just remain buried.

Cemetery comes from the greek word "κοιμητήριο", which means "the place of sleeping".

The fact that "graveyard" contains the word "yard" is a hint on this one.

Wow

Traditionally yes, however in reality you will find cemeteries attached to churches/chapels and graveyards with no churches

Additional fun fact: New College, Oxford is called "new" because it opened as late as 1315. Hugh Grant went to New College.

When we visited Oxford, my kids were amazed that it was older than the US, but wow, this is AMAZING!

And the Bodleian Library was founded in 1602, also long before the advent of the USA.

New College Oxford (named to differentiate it from Oriel) was 'only' founded in the mid 14th century...

wow

So maybe we don’t need to feel bad about still being a virgin after a certain age, cos we’re still babies compared to a shark?

And I thought having to wait until 16 to date was excessive!

Neither to a lot of guys.

So like Yoda

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Save the rings! (how did they figure this out?)

They're older than trees

We don't know the precise time of the why's, what's, etc of ions ago.