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Michelangelo wrote a poem about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel
Tumucumaque National Park, situated in northwestern Brazil inside the Amazon Rainforest, is the world's largest tropical forest park. It's bigger than Belgium.
I don't know ask the snipers, i ain't sniper mate
And here we are on Page 791
Queen Elizabeth II had a stand-in to make sure the sun won’t get in her eyes
Shadows are darker on the Moon
On Earth, the atmosphere scatters more sunlight, so our shadows aren’t too dark. But on the Moon, shadows are so dark that Neil Armstrong said he had trouble seeing where he was going.
Some sea cucumbers fight with their guts (literally)
When threatened, they’ll shoot out their internal organs, which are poisonous to predators. They’ll sometimes get rid of their entire digestive systems—but the organs grow back.
The inventor of the Internet regrets the URL setup
The Statue of Liberty used to be a lighthouse
About a month after the statue’s 1886 dedication, it became a working lighthouse for 16 years, with its torch visible from 24 miles away.
The founder of FedEx served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star, Silver Star and two Purple Hearts.
The U.S. treasury once printed $100,000 bills
Between December 18, 1934, and January 9, 1935, the notes with Woodrow Wilson’s face were issued to Federal Reserve Banks but never went out to the general public—which is probably for the best. Can you imagine losing that bill?
A flock of ravens is called an “unkindness”
They’re also known as a “conspiracy,” which is equally creepy.
Specially the "://" he said that was unnecessary
NASA uses countdowns because of a sci-fi film
all aboard the train to 800, your conductor on this fine day will be @FrankZ
toot toot
A zeptosecond, a trillionth of a billionth of a second, is the smallest division of time that has been observed.
exactly. You are correct once again.
Windows + Alt + F8: Open the Xbox Live Flixster app
Windows + Alt + F2: Open the Xbox Live Excel app
Blackbeard's ship had 40 cannons on it, making it one of the most dangerous pirate ships ever.
@codelock started it. Just saying.
(but I am having fun I have to admit)
ManhattAnts are an ant species unique to New York City
“Fancy riding” on bikes is illegal in Illinois
The world’s smallest wasp is smaller than an amoeba
The word "Britain" is derived from "Pretain" meaning "painted", originally because the Britons had tattoos. Not verified!!!.
Some single-celled organisms are bigger than a wasp
German citizens can travel to 177 territories without a visa or a visa given on arrival, the most in the world. Might not be updated as well
“OK” most likely stands for fake words
In the 1830s, people jokingly spelled abbreviations incorrectly. One of the most famous: “All correct” turned into “orl korrekt,” and then of course into OK. Historians think it stuck because Martin Van Buren—known as Old Kinderhook, after his hometown in New York—supporters called themselves the OK Club when he was campaigning for reelection.
Queen Elizabeth II’s cows sleep on waterbeds
In Iceland, you can hand-draw a map on a piece of mail without an address, and it will still make it to its destination.