20 Things You Never Knew About DOMINOES

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There are a lot of weird, obscure facts about dominoes so I created a list of the best ones. What was the most intersting thing you learned? Tweet me @Hevesh5 :) / hevesh5 • Share this video with a Facebook friend! ► http://bit.ly/2fVaQmJ • Get your very own signed Hevesh5 domino (yes, one of my own dominoes used in videos!), H5 shirts, domino posters, and more! ► http://hevesh5.com/store/ • WATCH MORE DOMINO VIDEOS HERE! 😊 • ●YOUTUBERS in dominoes ➡️ http://bit.ly/dominoYOUTUBERS • ●My BEST domino projects ➡️ http://bit.ly/Hevesh5sBest • ●Video games/movies in dominoes ➡️ http://bit.ly/dominoMOVIES • Hey! I'm #Hevesh5 and I am a professional #Domino Artist. I design and build intricate domino setups and chain reactions for your entertainment and for commercial projects. Be sure to subscribe if you want to see more domino videos :) I upload new videos every SATURDAY at 1pm EST! http://bit.ly/SubH5 • LET'S BE SOCIAL! You can also find me here 😉 • 🔹INSTAGRAM🔹 / hevesh5 (for aesthetic pics of dominoes + random stories :D) • 🔹TWITTER🔹 / hevesh5 (fastest way to connect with me!) • 🔹FACEBOOK🔹 / hevesh5 (for more domino video content!) • 🔹HEVESH5 EXTRAS🔹 / h5dominocommunity (for extras, fails, and exclusive BTS!) • 🔹BEHINDTHE5🔹 / behindthe5 (my personal channel and life aside from dominoes!) • Learn more about my work and the services that I can offer at http://hevesh5.com • 📧 For business inquiries only: [email protected] • 📧 For all other non-business related emails: [email protected] • 📷 CAMERA GEAR: http://bit.ly/H5gear Note: This is an affiliate link so anything purchased through here (including items not listed on my storefront) supports me in making more content! • 🎵 MUSIC: Dyalla - Only • Video • ●Soundcloud - / dyallas • ●Facebook - / dyallas • ●Twitter - / _dyalla • 20 Things You Never Knew About DOMINOES! Here are all the facts and links to sources: • 1. It would take 2,498,068,320 dominoes with normal spacing, to go around the earth once [calculation] • 2. And it would take 1.3 YEARS for those dominoes to fall [calculation using Fact #16] • 3. A domino can knock over another domino about 1.5x larger than itself. • Domino Chain Reaction (geometric grow... • 4. The dots on a domino are called “pips” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_(co...) • 5. Dominoes evolved from dice http://www.edventure.co.uk/blog/2015/... • 6. and were first documented in China as early as 1120 A.D. http://www.domino-play.com/History.htm • 7. Legend has it, the game of dominoes was brought to England by French prisoners of war. http://www.domino-play.com/History.htm • 8. But the first public domino toppling “show” didn’t happen until the mid 1970s, when Bob Speca established the world record for most dominoes toppled in a chain reaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_... • 9. Currently, the domino world record is 4,491,863 dominoes achieved by Domino Day 2009. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/w... • 10. And this took 2 MONTHS to set up with 89 builders. http://www.dominodomain.com/business-... • 11. A standard domino is 48mm tall, 24mm wide, and 7.5mm thick • 12. The smallest dominoes toppled were 1cm x 0.5cm x 0.2cm http://www.domino-tim.de/index.php/en... • 13. And the largest dominoes toppled were over 30 feet (9.18m) tall http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/w... • 14. On the other hand, a standard domino usually weighs between 8 and 8.5g • 15. Which means American domino record, which had a quarter of a million dominoes, used 4,685 pounds (2125kg) worth of dominoes! [calculation] • 16. Standard dominoes with lego template spacing fall at 62 dominoes/second which is nearly 1meter/second • 17. It is still uncertain, but the game of dominoes derived its name either from the word ‘domino’, which referred to the black hood-like accessory that priests wore, or directly from the word ‘dominus’, meaning lord or master http://tenrandomfacts.com/dominoes/ • 18. There are currently 24 domino-related Guinness World Records, even going as far as the largest human matress dominoes http://www.domino-tim.de/index.php/en... • 19. The first ever domino-related world record was most dominoes stacked on a single piece, which dates back to 1931, decades before any of the domino toppling records http://www.recordholders.org/de/recor... • 20. The record for most dominoes stacked on a single piece started with 84 dominoes and is now 1,055 dominoes achieved by Sinners Domino Entertainment http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/w...

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