Danielle Yarbrough > Quotes

“In Bern, Switzerland there's a 500 year old statue of a man eating a sack of babies and nobody is sure why.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“American was the official language of the state of Illinois from 1923 all the way up to 1969.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“There's a fruit called black sapote or chocolate pudding fruit which at the right ripeness tastes like chocolate pudding, is low in fat and has about four times as much vitamin C as an orange.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“In music, a semihemidemisemiquaver is a 1/128th note.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“In Jupiter, Florida, a man tossed a live alligator into a Wendy's drive- thru window after the server handed over his drink.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“the digestive tract.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“Yellow snow isn't the only snow you shouldn't eat. According to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, all snow can be harmful because it attracts particles from car exhaust fumes like a magnet.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“Grammatical Pedantry Syndrome is a form of OCD in which sufferers feel the need to correct every grammatical error they see.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“Cherophobia is the fear of being happy or joyful with the expectation that something bad will happen.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“If Police in Thailand misbehave they're punished by being made to wear bright pink Hello Kitty armbands.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“The most popular sport in the world is Football. Second place goes to Cricket followed by Field Hockey.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“Percussive maintenance is the technical term for hitting something until it works.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“1848)​The avocado derives its name from the Nahuatl Indian word “ãhuacatl,” meaning testicle”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“Luis Garavito, one of the world's most dangerous serial killers with 140 victims had his sentence reduced to only 22 years and could be out as early as 2021.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World

“The FBI now tracks animal abuse like it tracks homicides and assaults. They're logic is that they classify animal cruelty as a group A felony, because if you abuse animals, there's a good chance that you'd do the same to a person.”
― Danielle Yarbrough, 1,500 FASCINATING FACTS: All the really interesting knowledge around the World