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HYPE REMINDER!
Iceland has one of the largest gun ownership rates in the world and one of the lowest crime rates as well.
Do you know that the word "weather" originally just meant "wind"?
Prolly dilly dallying!
The name "The First World War" was used as early as 1918, by a journalist who felt it would not be the last.
Steve Jobs got a new Mercedes every 6 months because a car didn't need a license plate until it was 6 months old.
are you fine?
Although usually referred to in the singular, Bermuda consists of 181 islands.
Nope!
Aztec mothers who died in childbirth were regarded as highly as warriors who died in battle.
Rock Paper Scissors was invented in China, but popularized in Japan, where it's called "Janken."
The word "vodka" is a diminutive form of the Slavic word "voda" (water), interpreted as "little water."
Finland's passport became a flipbook when it was redesigned in 2012. It features a moose that walks across the page as you thumb through it.
According to a study, up to 50% of the world's natural history specimens in museums are labeled incorrectly.
Austria, Belgium, France, and Germany hold elections on weekends or have made election day a holiday. All surpass America in voter turnout.
A University of Bristol physicist determined that the optimum time to dunk a biscuit is 3.5 seconds.
HYPE REMINDER!
CANT-STOP-WONT-STOP!
Polar bears could eat as many as 10 penguins in a single sitting
In the 60s, the Fisher Pen Company reportedly invested $1 million to create a "space pen," one that could write upside-down, in frigid or roasting conditions. They sold 400 units to NASA and 100 to the Soviet Union.
Car manufacturer Volkswagen makes sausages.
CANT-STOP-WONT-STOP!
Das Sausages!
Das Vult
32% of journeys in Amsterdam are by bicycle, while in Copenhagen it's 35%.
Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they’re called “trailers.”
Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention.
U.S. television networks allow alcohol to be advertised as long as no one in the commercial is actually drinking it.