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If you’ve wondered what the hype is surrounding the Fifty Shades trilogy, here is your chance to get all the facts about the books.

I was hoping to get 50 facts here to fit in a little better, but you have enough to read!

1. Fifty Shades of Grey is an erotic romance novel.
2. It is written by British author, EL. James.
3. EL. James’ real name is Erika Leonard.
4. She is married to screenwriter and director, Niall Leonard. They have two teenage sons.
5. She has been named one of Time magazine’s ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People’.
6. She described her books as her midlife crisis.
7. Fifty Shades of Grey is the first book in the Fifty Shades trilogy.
8. The books are: Fifty Shades of Grey (2011), Fifty Shades Darker (2011) and Fifty Shades Freed (2012).
9. They were published by Vintage Books.
10. The books follow the relationship of college graduate Anastasia Steele and business magnate Christian Grey https://tungndthefactsite.wixsite.com/thefactsite-1.
11. The books are noted for its BDSM themes (bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism).
12. The books have topped the best sellers charts in the United Kingdom and the United States.
13. Over 65 million copies have been sold worldwide.
14. The book rights have been sold in over 37 countries.
15. It is the fastest selling paperback of all time, beating the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
16. The books were developed from a Twilight fanfiction, originally titled Master of the Universe.
17. James wrote under the penname “Snowqueen’s Icedragon“.
18. James removed her fan-fiction from the various websites after comments were made about the sexual content concerning characters Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.
19. After its removal, James rewrote and extended her story, making it an original trilogy.
20. The series has been dubbed as “Mummy Porn”, as its fan-base is composed of married women over the age of 30.
21. Interestingly, the book has been incredibly popular among teen and college girls.
22. It has been criticised for its prose style and literary merit.
23. It has also been criticised for its BDSM themes. Comments have been made that the series is “horribly written” and “disturbing”, whilst others believe that “if it enhances sex and relationships, so be it”.
24. The book was banned at the Brevard Public Library in Florida.
25. The Brazilian Judge Raphael Queiroz Campos ordered bookstores to stock the series out of the reach of juniors.
26. Universal Pictures and Focus Features secured the rights to turn the series into films in 2012.
27. It helped bring Britain out of recession by 1%.
28. Newspaper, The Independent, reported on the recession that the 50 shades book had boosted sales of adult toys. There was: a 15% increase in the sale of whips, 60% increase in the sale of blindfolds and a 200% increase in jiggle balls.
29. James and company Lovehoney teamed up to produce an official Fifty Shades of Grey adult toy set. Prices range from £9.99 to £44.99.
30. Imitation books followed such as Bared to You by Sylvia Day.

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Did you know that chocolate can actually protect your teeth against tooth decay?

And that, 95% of us report washing our hands after using a public toilet….but a study of 8,000 people in big US cities found that the figure was actually closer to 67%? (Gross!)

Cats happily climb up trees, but do you know why they can’t find their way down? Turns out a cat can’t climb down headfirst because every claw on its paw points the same way. To get down from a tree, a cat must back down.

Filling your head with random facts like these will not make you the next Einstein, but they’re great ice-breakers. Check out one of these fun sites and attend your next networking event, party, or even a family dinner with a tidbit or two to entertain the group.

1. Top Fact Site

This site has many categories to choose from. You can grab a few facts about the latest gaming craze, Pokémon Go, or learn some crazy facts about the justice system https://thefactsite.hatenablog.com/.

Random Fact: October is both American Cheese Month and Toilet Tank Repair Month. I don’t think Hallmark has caught wind of that yet.

2. WTF Fun Fact

This one is a blog for interesting and funny facts. They post about health, celebs/people, places, animals, history information, and much more.

Random Fact #6532: In some countries it is not illegal to escape prison as long as no laws are broken, as it’s human nature to want to escape. Not sure about you, but I wouldn’t want to live next door.

3. Facts.net

This site even offers a few fun quizzes to check your facts knowledge. I scored pretty high on dog facts.

Random Fact: Drinking too much water can be fatal. Water intoxication is a potentially fatal disturbance that is caused by consuming too much water during a short time. The normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside safe limits when too much water floods the system. Infants are prone to water intoxication, as are athletes, and even competitive eaters. Symptoms of this condition include changes in behavior, confusion, irritability and drowsiness. Occasionally there is difficulty breathing, muscle weakness and pain or twitching. The brain may swell which can interfere with the central nervous system, resulting in seizure, brain damage, coma or even death.

4. Fact Retriever

This site offers quite a few topics, ranging from food to sexuality.

Random Fact: When a foot suddenly begins to kick, it is usually a good indicator of discomfort. This is seen in people being interviewed as soon as a question is asked that they don’t like. Watch for this telling body language response when you interview job candidates.

5. Space Facts

At Space facts you’ll learn scientific, historical, and cultural facts about space, galaxies, the planets, and other objects in the solar system.

Random Fact: One day, our days will be twenty-five hours long instead of twenty-four. Though not for another one-hundred-forty years, as the earth imperceptibly slows approximately 17 milliseconds per hundred years.

6. So True Facts

Here you’ll find interesting facts in these categories: entertainment, funny, language and words, love and attraction, just weird.

Random Fact #1796: While children of identical twins are legally first cousins, genetically, they are actually half siblings. I found this one particularly interesting because I have twin daughters.

7. Today I Found Out

With longer stories and explanations on things you never thought you’d want to know, Today I Found Out will certainly feed your brain.

Random Fact #986: While Neil Armstrong got to be the first to take a step on the moon, Buzz Aldrin managed his own historic first, becoming the first person to urinate on the moon. (Take that, Mr. One Small Step!)

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Knabstruppers are among the more unique-looking breeds of horses — they have an interesting spotty appearance.

If you look at them from a distance, they may look like a bunch of giant leopards roaming around the field. But no, they’re not even in the same category!

Knabstruppers are gentle horses and are known for their endurance and speed https://thefactsite.site123.me/.

If you’ve never heard about this horse breed, learn about them here with these 10 most interesting facts about Knabstrupper horses!

Although spotted horses existed in the 16th Century, the Knabstrupper breed wasn’t established until 1812.

A horse which served as a foundation to the breed was called “Flaebe Mare.”

It was first purchased by a butcher, and later on, sold to the owner of Knabstrupgaard estates, Major Villars Lunn.

In his estates, Major Lunn established “Knabstrup” farm, which is where the name of these well-mannered horses came from.

Knabstruppers are the descendants of a chestnut mare with leopard complexion and a solid colored stallion.

The breeding resulted in a colt with a dramatic spotting.

Since then, the mare and her son produced enough spotty offspring for generations to come.

Historically, Knabstruppers were in the center of Royal ceremonies.

Due to their unusual color and extreme rarity, Knabstruppers were used by royal and noble people of the past.

White ones were used as carriage horses, and sometimes as a mound of a monarch for crowning ceremonies.

During the Schleswig War, Knabstruppers were an easy target for snipers.

Danish officers used them during the wars, however, their eye-catching color made them an easy target for enemy snipers.

For instance, during the battle of Isted, most officers, who were riding Knabstrupper horses were unfortunately shot and killed.

Knabstrupper horses did not appear in North America until 2002.

Only after the enthusiastic efforts of Texan couple, Mike and Caroline Athey, Knabstrupper horses were started to breed in the United States.

The firstborn Knabstrupper in North America was called “American Beauty.”

She was born at the Athey’s Farm in Canton, Texas.

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Snowflakes and snow crystals are basically the same, a crystal is one tiny bit of ice, snowflakes are many snow crystals stuck together. Check out the facts about snowflakes below!

Many of us love to see the first piece of snow in the winter, although wish it would only stop at the one snowflake.

Snowflakes are not frozen raindrops. Frozen raindrops are known as sleet. Snow crystals are formed when water vapour freezes, which all happens up in the clouds.

Snowflakes are also formed in the clouds, this happens when water droplets freeze and become ice particles. Water vapour in the cloud assembles on the ice particle, causes it to stretch into a basic hexagonal prism and then to shoot branches to create a more difficult and complex shape, once this has happened snowflakes then change even more to make them unique http://thefactsite.mystrikingly.com/.

The temperature and dampness of the cloud constantly changes, which affects the shape of each snowflake. Although snowflakes can change shape so quickly, the hexagonal symmetry is kept.

Snowflakes can be categorized into six main types, plate (flat), column, stars, dendrite, lacy, needle, and capped column.

When it is extremely cold the snow is very fine and powdery and snowflakes become quite simple in design, usually needle or rod shaped.

When the temperature is near to freezing point (0 degrees Celsius), snowflakes become much larger and a lot more complex in design.

There are 35 main snowflakes which you could recognize from just looking closely at.

It is indeed extremely unlikely that two complex snowflakes will look exactly alike. It’s so extremely unlikely; in fact, that even if you looked at every one ever made you would not find any exact duplicates.

According to the Guinness World Records, the largest snowflake in the world was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. This was recorded in January 1887 by somebody called Matt Coleman at Fort Keogh, Montana, he said that the snowflake was “larger than milk pans”.

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Did you know that chocolate can actually protect your teeth against tooth decay?

And that, 95% of us report washing our hands after using a public toilet….but a study of 8,000 people in big US cities found that the figure was actually closer to 67%? (Gross!)

Cats happily climb up trees, but do you know why they can’t find their way down? Turns out a cat can’t climb down headfirst because every claw on its paw points the same way. To get down from a tree, a cat must back down.

Filling your head with random facts like these will not make you the next Einstein, but they’re great ice-breakers. Check out one of these fun sites and attend your next networking event, party, or even a family dinner with a tidbit or two to entertain the group http://webfact.mystrikingly.com/.

1. Top Fact Site

This site has many categories to choose from. You can grab a few facts about the latest gaming craze, Pokémon Go, or learn some crazy facts about the justice system.

Random Fact: October is both American Cheese Month and Toilet Tank Repair Month. I don’t think Hallmark has caught wind of that yet.

2. WTF Fun Fact

This one is a blog for interesting and funny facts. They post about health, celebs/people, places, animals, history information, and much more.

Random Fact #6532: In some countries it is not illegal to escape prison as long as no laws are broken, as it’s human nature to want to escape. Not sure about you, but I wouldn’t want to live next door.

3. Facts.net

This site even offers a few fun quizzes to check your facts knowledge. I scored pretty high on dog facts.

Random Fact: Drinking too much water can be fatal. Water intoxication is a potentially fatal disturbance that is caused by consuming too much water during a short time. The normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside safe limits when too much water floods the system. Infants are prone to water intoxication, as are athletes, and even competitive eaters. Symptoms of this condition include changes in behavior, confusion, irritability and drowsiness. Occasionally there is difficulty breathing, muscle weakness and pain or twitching. The brain may swell which can interfere with the central nervous system, resulting in seizure, brain damage, coma or even death.

4. Fact Retriever

This site offers quite a few topics, ranging from food to sexuality.

Random Fact: When a foot suddenly begins to kick, it is usually a good indicator of discomfort. This is seen in people being interviewed as soon as a question is asked that they don’t like. Watch for this telling body language response when you interview job candidates.

5. Space Facts

At Space facts you’ll learn scientific, historical, and cultural facts about space, galaxies, the planets, and other objects in the solar system.

Random Fact: One day, our days will be twenty-five hours long instead of twenty-four. Though not for another one-hundred-forty years, as the earth imperceptibly slows approximately 17 milliseconds per hundred years.

6. So True Facts

Here you’ll find interesting facts in these categories: entertainment, funny, language and words, love and attraction, just weird.

Random Fact #1796: While children of identical twins are legally first cousins, genetically, they are actually half siblings. I found this one particularly interesting because I have twin daughters.

7. Today I Found Out

With longer stories and explanations on things you never thought you’d want to know, Today I Found Out will certainly feed your brain.

Random Fact #986: While Neil Armstrong got to be the first to take a step on the moon, Buzz Aldrin managed his own historic first, becoming the first person to urinate on the moon. (Take that, Mr. One Small Step!)

Read More »