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The world's largest wedding cake weighed 15,032 pounds.
Ashrita Furman is the person with the most Guinness World Records titles.
The most famous female serial killer was a Hungarian Countess, Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed. She was accused of torturing and killing over 650 young women. Most of them were between the ages of 10 and 14.
. Russia ran out of vodka celebrating the end of World War II! When the long war ended, street parties engulfed the Soviet Union, lasting for days—until all of the nation’s vodka reserves ran out a mere 22 hours after the partying started.
The Grand Theft Auto franchise has lawsuits that total over $1 billion.
In 18th century England, pineapples were a status symbol. Those rich enough to own a pineapple would carry them around to signify their personal wealth and high-class status. In that day and age, everything from clothing to houseware was decorated with the tropical fruit.
The Grand Theft Auto franchise has lawsuits that total over $1 billion.
The eye of an ostrich is bigger than its brain.
On average, a secretary will use its left hand for 56% of what they type on a keyboard
The largest pair of eyes in the world belongs to the giant squid.
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Japan has 23 vending machines per person.
This ratio is the same per capita. Japan has the highest amount of vending machines in the world.
In Ancient Greece, they believed redheads became vampires after death! This was partly because redheaded people are very pale-skinned and sensitive to sunlight—unlike the Mediterranean Greeks, who had olive skin and dark features.
Putting sugar on a cut will make it heal faster.
Pour some sugar on top of the wound and wrap it with a bandage. The granules of the sugar crystals will absorb any moisture that bacteria thrive on.
The tallest married couple ever recorded was Anna Haining Swan, who was 7'11", and Martin Van Buren Bates, who was 7'9". When she gave birth, Swan’s baby was 22 pounds.
X-rays can’t detect real diamonds.
The reason for this is because the x-ray cannot penetrate or identify the materials in the diamond.
The national flag of Libya was formerly just the color green.
Through the years of 1977 to 2011, its national was a single color. There were no other designs added to the flag
In 1945, a balloon bomb launched by Japan landed in Oregon. It fell upon a woman and five children, who died when it exploded. These were the only World War II casualties on US soil.
The plastic tips of shoelaces are called aglets.
These tips can also be made of metal. Its purpose is to help make the lace easier to hold when running through the holes of the shoes.
Sign language has tongue twisters.
They are called finger fumblers. Many who have practiced sign language over the years still fumble over certain sequences in ASL.
Johnny Appleseed was a real person! His real name was John Chapman, and his hometown was Leominster, Massachusetts. He also has a street named after him, though the city planners decided it would be more poetic to use his mythical name: Johnny Appleseed Lane.
King Henry VIII of England had servants who were called "Grooms of Stool," whose job was to wipe his bottom after he went to the bathroom. During his reign, he had all of those four such people knighted.
Penguins fly underwater.
Rather, they swim so well underwater that it seems as if they are flying. Penguins can swim up to speeds of 25 mph.
Minnie the Mouse’s first name is not Minnie.
It is Minerva. Minnie Mouse is a nickname that was given to the character by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. Minnie’s actual name is rarely used.
. Between the 11th and 19th centuries, a number of Buddhist monks successfully mummified themselves. They adopted a practice called Sokushinbutsu in which they gradually weaned themselves off food and water and essentially starved themselves to death over the course of a thousand days. It was believed that by successfully mummifying themselves, the monks would achieve true enlightenment.
Rudolph the Reindeer is female.
This can be observed through their antlers. Female deer shed their antlers in the spring and grow them back into full size by winter. The male reindeer stops its growth during the winter.
A jiffy is a proper unit of time.
It is exactly 1/100th of a second. This is slower than a Planck which is sextillion times faster.
Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were to be associated with devil worship and had them exterminated. Some believed that the disappearance of those cats helped rats spread the bubonic plague, aka the Black Death, that killed millions of people in the 1300s.