World Cup Nations

At the time of writing this post just after the 2026 world cup, only 8 nations have ever won the football world cup. 

Brazil 

Germany 

Italy 

Argentina

France

Uruguay 

Spain 

And England

Brazil is the only country that has won the world cup 5 times 

England is the only country that has won the world cup only once. The other 7 nations that have one the world cup have done so at least twice; Spain only just won their second world cup title. 

Germany and Italy have both won the world cup 4 times. 

Trafalgar Lions

The lions in Trafalgar Square were all made with different moulds so they're all slightly different, they're looking in different directions. But they all weigh more than 20 tones. 

They were created in 1867 by sir Edwin Landseer. 

There is a myth that if Big Ben rings 13 times, they will come to life and protect London. The myth was mentioned as a joke by Pedro Pony in peper pig. Most people didn't get it though. 

British History Changed by Bacteria

One of the worst Kings in British History is Charles the 1st. He caused a 9 year long civil war in England and countless deaths. Eventually he was executed for treason. Did you know king Charles the first had an older brother. His name was Henry Frederick and he died at the age of 18 before he was crowned because he caught Typhoid Fever, a disease caused by a very common Bacteria. 

A common species of bacteria changed the history of Britain. Many historians agree that Henry Frederick was much more popular and less provocative than his younger brother and would most likely not caused a prolonged civil war that created mayhem across the country. 

There is no way to prove this is true but we can agree history changed because of Bacteria, his older brother would have made different decisions and judgements so everything would be different. 

Black Velvet song Meaning

Black Velvet song is a tribute to Elvis Presley. 

The Song Black Velvet sung by Alannah Miles is often portrayed as a sensual seductive song but it's not, it is a tribute to Elvis Presley. 

Black velvet is actually the name of the hair dye Elvis often used because he had blond hair and wanted to appear more dark. 

The song is describing the huge effect Elvis had on American culture, people would buy black velvet hair dye and imitate him as if he was the prophet of a new religion. 

The song also describes what life was like in Elvis Presley's home town. 

Born in the USA song Meaning

At face value the song by Bruce Springsteen titled 'Born in the USA' seems like it is Patriotic but it isn't. It is about a war veteran that was abandoned by his society and forgotten by his government. He returned to his country and felt alone. The chorus born in the USA is the poor man's shouts of frustration.

The irony is the song has been played at government celebrations and sports events, even Ronald Reagan's team used the song during the American elections. 

You should inspect to lyrics before you use a song. 

Atoms and Light

Atoms are so small that even the smallest light wave skips over them like they're not there. We can see objects because the atoms that make up the object are joined together and act like a single structure. 

To see atoms, individual electrons need to be streamed at the object so the individual atoms reflect the electrons back towards the sensor.

It is very difficult to picture how small an atom is, a single cell is the size of a city compared to an atom. They are usually a single micron across. 

They are smaller than the light waves. 

Dirty Diana Song

The song by Michael Jackson Titled 'Dirty Diana' is not about princes Diana, he wrote the song before he met the princes. 

The song was Michael Jackson's way of telling off his fans for not respecting his personal space and boundaries. Some of his fans would get back stage passes and harass him or ask him to do inappropriate things. He was so angry that he wrote a song to tell them indirectly to leave him alone. 

Princes Diana met Michael Jackson at a charity event a few years later and she was aware the song was not about her.

Fresh Prince Ninja Turtles Connection

James Avery the actor that plays uncle Phill in the fresh prince of bell air is also the voice actor for shredder, one of the villains in The original Animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

James Avery plays a judge that lets his nephew, Will stay with him because his mum was worried about violent outbursts directed at him so he raises him as one of his own. 

When the shredder talks in the turtles , remember it is uncle Phill speaking. 

World Cup Paradox

FIFA decided they wanted to add a 32 team extension to knockout stages of the 2026 world cup. At the same time they didn't want to start with 16 groups. They chose to have 12 groups of 4 teams. 

The problem is the half of the teams that pass through are 24. To fix the disparity they select the 8 best relegated teams and let them through. 

They added a 32 team extension to the knockout stages to make the tournament last an extra week and increase audience retention. 

It is not clear why they didn't want 16 groups and settled for just 12. I would speculate that the group stages would last too long and the least skilled portion of the league would be too much worse than the best teams causing embarrassment to the nations, they would get scores like 16 - 1 or something like that. 

Antarctica Dessert

The continent of Antarctica is a giant dessert, it receives less than 200 millimetres of snow or rain per year on average. The snow that does fall on Antarctica doesn't melt so it builds up and gets blown inland by the wind and eventually accumulates into glaciers. 

If you lived on Antarctica you would find it hardly ever snows but the small amount of snow in the coastal areas gets blown inland by the wind. If you lived near the south pole, you would probably never see it snow and there would be dry valleys with no ice on them.

Throne Invasion

In Buckingham palace there is a throne where no one is allowed to sit except the current king or Queen. Prince Andrew brought his two friends Kevin Stacey and Ghislaine Maxwell and got them to sit on it. 

All three of them were close friends of Jeffrey Epstein the pedofile financier that later died in prison. 

AI QR Barcode

If you ask chat GPT to make a qr barcode for a short text information, it will. 

You can ask it to make a qr barcode for a web page, the password for an internet connection and even a plain text message. 

Other ai systems will also draw a bar code for you if you word it correctly. Sometimes you have to specify that you want it sketched as an image because it will just give you link to a website that does it for you instead. 

This one was made by Gemini. 

You don't need AI to make a QR barcode for you, you can use a specialized app or website if you wish but it is cool that they can do that.  

Saeeey Gaaaaar

In Italy the brand name Sega is a swear word. It means to use a saw but when you say sega to a person it means to M*sterbate. When they shouted out their logo at the start of sonic the hedgehog, it is like shouting W*nker. 

I'm guessing they would turn the volume down when they first turned on the console. 

In some forums people are debating if that is the reason they didn't shout the logo in sonic 3. There is no proof they stopped shouting their logo because of the Italians and the company itself never revealed why. 

If you're not Italian then it would have sounded futuristic and cool. 

Smallest Bear

If you were wondering what the smallest species of. Bear in the world is, it's the Sun Bear. 

They grow to be about 25 to 30 kilogrammes, they could be picked up if they didn't bite you first. They are native to Indonesia and Thailand and are found in the tropical forests. 

They are very good at climbing trees and they have a very long tongue to stealing honey from bees hives. 

Michael Jackson Vitiligo

The singer Michael Jackson was asked by Oprah Winfrey in 1993 why he bleached his skin. He said he had Vitiligo, an auto immune disease. His immune system would attack his melanocyte cells in his skin and cause white blotches to appear. The melanocyte cells produce the dark pigment. 

The only way he could cover his condition is to have most of the pigment removed. 

His claim of Vitiligo was later confirmed by an autopsy and various doctor testimonies after he died. 

Up until that point, many people didn't believe him and thought he hated his own race. His Brothers later came forward and confirmed that he has a autoimmune skin disease that would otherwise cause him to look like he was disfigured. 

White people also get Vitiligo, it causes their beige skin to have white blotches like a leopard. In people with dark skin, the condition can leave them looking like an albino with bruises. 

Kiwi Fruits

Kiwi fruits are not native to new Zealand, they're actually native to china and we're originally called Chinese goose berries but new Zealand farmers enjoyed growing the fruits and it was very popular there. 

You can eat the skin on a kiwi, it is edible. They are actually classified as berries. 

The black seeds in the middle of the fruit are also edible. 

Kiwi fruits contain more vitamin C than oranges. They are high in vitamin C and fibre. 

Kiwis grow on vines just like tomatoes and grapes. The vines on kiwis and last a long time; they're very durable. 

Suicide more than Homicide

One thing that is consistent around the world is you're more likely to die from suicide and homicide. This is true regardless of what part of the world you live in. Usually you're statistically twice as likely to die from suicide than murder or manslaughter. 

After looking through some notible sources 50

Facts that should change the world by Jessica Williams and various world health organisation reports, suicide is one of the most common causes of death. 

In young people 15 to 29 years old , suicide is the leading cause of death. This is because young people don't usually die from heart disease or cancer. 

It is hard to clarify the exact rate because it varies by country, gender and age group but most sources agree that more the one percent of deaths world wide are from suicide. That's one in one hundred people. 

Five Hundred mini drones

If you bought 500 mini drones (the ones that cost less than £10), and worked out how to make them all fly in tandem and connected them with strings to a parson, the person would be able to fly. 

It could even be possible to fly a person with 350 mini drones if the person was small and weighed 75kg or less and they jumped off a platform. 

The Philippines

The Philippines is one of the largest island archepelegos in the world, it contains more than 7500 islands.

It also has several creatures that native to them and can't be found anywhere else in the world like the philipine eagle, huge and powerful but endangered and the philipine long tailed macaque. 

Unfortunately the Philippines is in the ring of fire so they are subjected to powerful earthquakes from time to time. 

Human Composition

If all the material in your body fragmented into the individual elements, most of it would dissipate into the air because it would be gas.

Most of your body elements are gases when they're not in chemical bonds. Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen would blast out in a plume of particles that are freed from their bonds. 

The largest solid substance left behind would be carbon, nearly 20 kg of carbon would be left behind and a bunch of reactive metals, calcium, potassium, sodium and a bit iron and zinc. There would also be nearly a killo of Phosphorus.