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As of December 2018, The Itchy & Scratchy Show that takes place within The Simpsons has 107 episodes.
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Will Smith owed $2.8 Million to the IRS and almost went bankrupt just before he signed the contract for The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza actually has eight sides rather than four. All of the other pyramids have just four sides.
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English is not native to the British Isles. It was brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th Centuries by German, Danish, and Dutch settlers.
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When we’re born, the only innate fears we have are the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. All other fears are learned.
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In Korea, there is a breed of dog called a Sapsali, which was originally thought to banish ghosts and evil spirits.
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Qantas Airways once powered an interstate flight on cooking oil. This marked Australia’s first commercial flight using sustainably derived biofuel.
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Berries are simple fruits stemming from one flower. This means that pineapples, bananas, watermelons, pumpkins, and avocados are berries.
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One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. Horsepower is about 746 watts. The term was coined in the late 18th Century.
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The Leaning Tower of Piza is tilted because of the soft soil that it’s built on – which has also protected it from at least 4 powerful earthquakes.
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All the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets repainted every seven years without closing to the public.
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All new FBI special agents and intelligence analysts are required to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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While dinosaurs roamed the earth, they lived on every continent, including Antarctica.
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The blue whale’s heart is the size of a VW Beetle and weighs up to 1,000 lbs (453 kg).
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One of the most widely used symbols for medical assistance is actually the Swiss flag and not a medical symbol.
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Until 2007, slavery was legal in Mauritania. Even still, 1-4% of the population is still living as slaves.
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A man named Ronald MacDonald robbed Wendy’s in 2005.
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The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386 and still stands today.
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Before finally being accepted, J.K. Rowling’s original Harry Potter pitch was rejected by 12 publishers.
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The Japanese term for a Shotgun Wedding is “Dekichatta kekkon,” which literally translates to “oops-we-did-it-marriage.”
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Garlic is known to attract leeches.
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In 1992, a shipping crate containing 28,000 rubber duckies fell overboard. They washed up around the world for the next 20 years.
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After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.
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Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed because the pilot let his kids fly the plane who unknowingly disengaged the autopilot function. The crash killed everyone on board.
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It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun once.
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A 26-sided shape is known as a rhombicuboctahedron.
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Mob boss Vincent Gigante used to wander around New York in his bathrobe to convince the police he was insane and avoid capture.
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The military has used silly string to detect tripwires in Iraq. Before entering a room, they can squirt it inside. If it hangs in the air, it may have revealed a wire.
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By applying even pressure to an egg, it is nearly impossible to break the shell by squeezing it.
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So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest. The last case of smallpox was in 1977, and the last of rinderpest was in 2001.