Michael Gonzalez > Quotes

“Continuum was a magazine that denied the existence of HIV/AIDS. It stopped publication in 2001 after all its editorial staff died of AIDS.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“Anatidaephobia is the peculiar fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“When the BBC World Service began in 1932, they warned listeners to keep their expectations low, stating, “The programmes will neither be very interesting nor very good.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“While 71% of Americans believe in Hell, only 0.5% think that they are likely to end up there, a survey found.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“In 2011, a 75-year-old woman sliced through a fiber-optic cable, cutting 2 entire countries off the internet.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“Photographs of Algae, published in 1845, was the first book ever to contain photographs.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“Viruses can get viruses.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“In Turkey during the 16th and 17th century, anyone drinking coffee was put to death.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“The British Standards Institution has a 5,000-word report on the correct way to make a cup of tea.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“Most people in the 18th century only had a proper wash twice a year.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“You have a better chance of dying on your way to getting a lottery ticket than you do of actually winning the lottery.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“Until 1903, Coca-Cola contained cocaine as a regular ingredient.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“A 42-year-old Russian was viciously attacked by a bear, but he was suddenly saved when the ringtone his granddaughter installed on his mobile phone went off, and Justin Bieber’s “Baby” sent the bear running in distress back to the woods.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“In 2009, Canada passed the "Apology Act", stating that apologizing to someone after an incident cannot be used in court against the person who apologized to establish their guilt or liability.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts

“Only 0.07% of the U.S. federal prison population are atheists. The overwhelming majority of the remaining 99.3% are Christian.”
― Michael Gonzalez, Amazing Facts You Don't Know: 1,100 Unbelievable Trivia Facts