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Ranunculus are delicate flowers symbolizing charm and attractiveness
St. Patrick wasn't Irish: He was born to Roman parents in either Scotland, England, or Wales.
Anemones are unique flowers symbolizing protection against evil and illness
Elvis Presley’s manager sold “I Hate Elvis” badges as a way to make money off of people who weren’t buying his merchandise.
The odds of giving birth to a baby at 12:01 a.m. on January 1 are around 1 in 526,000—roughly the same as the odds of getting struck by lightning.
Bedding was such a luxury in the Middle Ages that blankets and sheets were written into wills.
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A face with big eyes, a small nose, and a small chin exhibits kinderschema: the collection of traits humans have evolved to find adorable.
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The word PEZ comes from the German word for peppermint—PfeffErminZ.
Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 on a rented typewriter in the basement of the UCLA library in just nine days.
A Canadian police officer named Ward Clapham created a program that gives “positive tickets” to people who do good deeds.
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Danny DeVito is an experienced hairdresser.
Before he was the best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown tried his luck as a musician. In 1994, he released an album called Angels & Demons, a title he reused for a 2000 novel.
Kea parrots spread warbles when they’re in a good mood, making them the first known non-mammal species to communicate with infectious laughter.
Columbines are unique flowers symbolizing strength and determination
Stuck inside on a rainy day in 1816, writers Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Polidori challenged each other to a scary story writing contest. Mary came up with the idea for Frankenstein and published it two years later at age 20.
Snapdragon flowers resemble dragon heads and symbolize strength and resilience
Bachelor's buttons are charming blue flowers symbolizing singlehood and celibacy
A team of chemists described old book smell as “a combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness.” The odor actually comes from chemicals like benzaldehyde, furfural, and acetic acid—all byproducts of decomposition.
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Ben Franklin’s formal education ended at 10 years old.
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The boiling point for water at the top of Mt. Everest is 162°F, about 50 degrees below the boiling point at sea level.