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In Sweden, there's a shopping centre dedicated entirely to repaired and up-cycled goods.
There are enough nuclear shelters in Switzerland to house the entire population.
Did you know... The CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups
Its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks". Don't ask me how I know this.
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Did you know... Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long
Their dark, bluish-black color is probably to prevent sunburn.
Calgary, Canada averages 333 days of sunshine a year.
The album "Jazz from Hell" by Frank Zappa was sold with a "Parental Advisory" sticker despite being completetly instrumental.
That is a lot of sun.
Did you know... There’s only one U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s
Montpelier, Vermont, doesn’t have any of those Golden Arches. It also happens to have the smallest population of any state capital, with just 7,500 residents.
Argentina's national sport is not soccer. It's Pato, an ancient horseback game.
More than any other city in Canada.
Did you know... Europeans were scared of eating tomatoes when they were introduced
Scholars think Hernán Cortés brought the seeds in 1519 with the intent of the fruits being used ornamentally in gardens. By the 1700s, aristocrats started eating tomatoes, but they were convinced the fruits were poisonous because people would die after eating them. In reality, the acidity from the tomatoes brought out the lead in their pewter plates, and they actually died of lead poisoning.
Did you know... Humans aren’t the only animals that dream
Studies have indicated rats dream about getting to food or running through mazes. Most mammals go through REM sleep, the cycle in which dreams occur, so scientists think there’s a good chance they all dream.
"The Matrix" movie took five years to write.
Did you know... The inventor of the microwave appliance received only $2 for his discovery
Percy Spencer was working as a researcher for American Appliance Company (now Raytheon) when he noticed that a radar set using electromagnetic waves melted the candy bar in his pocket. He had the idea to make a metal box using microwaves to heat food, but the company was the one to file the patent. That was in 1945, and he received a $2 bonus but never any royalties.
Intel employs a "futurist" whose job is to determine what life will be like 10-15 years in the future.
Did you know... The Eiffel Tower can grow more than six inches during the summer
The high temperatures make the iron expand.
The Phillipines was under Spanish rule for 333 years.
Did you know... Glitter may have originated on a ranch
According to local lore, a man by the name of Henry Ruschmann from Bernardsville, New Jersey, invented glitter by accident in 1934 while working on a cattle ranch. The New York Times reports that in the popular origin story, Ruschmann, a machinist, was trying to find a way to dispose of scrap material by crushing it into tiny pieces. Plastic went in, glitter came out, and the rest is commonly accepted as history.
Did you know... Frankenstein’s Creature is a vegetarian
Both Victor Frankenstein and Creature are fictional characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the classic novel, Creature says, “My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.” T
In a study following the lives of 19,000 kids for 10 years, video games had no negative social behavior effects on the children.
Did you know... Medical errors are a top cause of death
According to a Johns Hopkins research team, 250,000 deaths in the United States are caused by medical error each year. This makes medical error the third leading cause of death in the country.
A sophomaniac is a person who's under the delusion that they are extremely intelligent.
Did you know... Sloths have more neck bones than giraffes
Despite the difference in neck length, there are more bones in the neck of a sloth than a giraffe. There are seven vertebrae in the neck of a giraffe, and in most mammals, but there are 10 in a sloth’s.
Did you know... Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest
Bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
Did you know... Ancient Egyptians used dead mice to ease toothaches
In Ancient Egypt, people put a dead mouse in their mouth if they had a toothache, according to Nathan Belofsky’s book Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages. Mice were also used as a warts remedy in Elizabethan England.
Did you know... Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch
He’s also been called out for only having the bars of a Navy commander, but the so-called cap’n held his ground on Twitter, arguing that captaining the S.S. Guppy with his crew “makes an official Cap’n in any book!”
North Korea accidentally hit one of its own cities during a failed missile test in 2017.
A man once tattooed "Netflix" on his body and after tweeting a picture to the company he received a free year of service.
Did you know... Paint used to be stored in pig bladders
The bladder would be sealed with a string and then pricked to get the paint out. This option wasn’t the best because it would often break open. American painter John G. Rand was the innovator who, in the 19th century, made paint tubes from tin and screw caps.