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A recently discovered deep-sea snail, the Scaly-Foot Gastropod, has a shell that is impressively developed. So much so that the U.S. military is trying to use its design to inspire defensive layers in military armor.
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There are over 6,000 known species of grass.
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The total weight of all air on Earth is 11 quintillion pounds.
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“Time anxiety” occurs in a person when they are perpetually afraid of being late or of others being late.
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Ant queens can live for up to 30 years.
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In 2014, Princeton researchers determined that Facebook would lose 80% of its users by 2017.
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Orlando Bloom has swinophobia, which is a fear of pigs!
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Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddha’s.
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Meghan Trainor has Nyctophobia, which is a huge fear of the dark.
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Garrett McNamara holds the record for the largest wave ever surfed, set in 2011 in Nazare, Portugal. The wave was 78 feet tall.
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The logo on the Red Bull cans are not cattle, but a type of bovine called a “gaur.”
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In Bruges, Belgium, there is an underground pipeline that runs 2 miles to transfer beer from a brewery to the bottling plant.
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The collective group of lemurs is called a conspiracy.
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The first Primark store opened in Dublin in June 1969 under the name Penney’s.
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Ron Swanson’s character on Parks and Recreation is based on a real person – a woman who works in a high bureaucratic position who is also anti-government.
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Captive tigers in the U.S. alone outnumber the amount of wild tigers worldwide.
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The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.
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Scrappy-Doo, widely considered to be one of the most hated characters in fiction, has not appeared in an animated Scooby-Doo production since 1988 due to audience backlash.
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The first X-rated animated movie was Fritz the Cat. It is still the most successful independent animated feature to date.
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Roughly 33% of cats are not affected by catnip. The euphoric reaction commonly associated with catnip is hereditary.
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Facebook will track and record nearly everything you do if you browse the web while logged in to your Facebook account.
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Bubble wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper. The creators tried to make plastic wallpaper with a paper backing, but it came out with plastic backing.
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The longest Cricket Test match lasted over 12 days between England and South Africa. It only ended because the English team would have missed their boat home.
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MIT, often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities, puts almost all of its course materials online for anyone to access for free.
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Albert Einstein had mastered calculus by the tender age of 15.
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Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo misspelled it. The name stuck, and the island was christened to the name in 1500.
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Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called “12818 tomhanks.“
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The number of stars on the EU flag doesn’t represent anything. 12 stars were chosen as a number with no political association and as a symbol of unity.
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High heels are nothing new to the world. In the 18th Century, they were fashionable even for children.
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Elephants think people are cute, the same way people think puppies or kittens are cute.