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The first-ever documented feature film was made in Australia in 1906.
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Ancient Roman surgeons were trained to block out the screams of human pain.
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William Hung, made famous for his appearance on American Idol singing “She Bangs,” is a 73rd generation descendant of Confucius.
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From 1937 to 1953, NBC’s Today Show had a chimpanzee co-host named J. Fred Muggs. It is estimated he brought in the network around $100 million.
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Because snow is composed of ice, it can be classified as a mineral. Water, however, does not fall under the same classification and is not a mineral.
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Of the 9,000 Blockbuster stores that existed in the early 1990s, at least 10 Blockbusters are open across the U.S. Seven of those are in Alaska.
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There is a geocache on the International Space Station placed in 2008. It has since been visited four times by other astronauts.
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The Vatican had music that was forbidden to be copied and was only played twice per year. It was secret for almost 150 years until a 14-year-old Mozart heard it and transcribed it from memory.
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Canada eats more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.
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Octopuses only touch in situations of mating or aggression. Female octopuses sometimes do both, strangling and eating the male after mating.
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A French general gave John Quincy Adams a pet alligator. Adams kept it in one of the White House bathtubs and enjoyed showing it off.
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Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon bigger and cheaper in 1826. It was never completed and is now nicknamed “Scotland’s Disgrace.”
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In 1866, The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million by writing a check.
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In the Philippines, you can buy spaghetti at McDonald’s, where they also sell a “McDo” piece of chicken.
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Though most think it’s Italian, pepperoni is an American invention. The first use of the word dates back to 1919.
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The pumpkin is a member of the cucurbit family, which are gourds, such as cucumbers and squashes.
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Any prime number higher than three, when squared and subtracted by one, will always turn out to be a multiple of 24.
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When dogs are first born, they are completely blind & cannot hear anything. The first sense that they develop is the sense of touch.
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Margherita Pizza uses tomato, mozzarella, and basil toppings to represent the Italian national flag. It was originally to honor the Queen of Italy in 1890.
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Sudan has more pyramids than any country, with 255. They outnumber Egyptian pyramids by twice the amount.
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The money for the Statue of Liberty came from fundraising from auctions, a lottery, and boxing matches in Europe and the U.S. The Statue cost the French about $250,000, which today would be over $5.5 million dollars.
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Not all hamsters are small. Although some hamsters are as small as 2-4 inches, the largest ones are approximately 13 inches long.
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The hand and footprints in front of the Chinese Theater tradition started accidentally when silent film actress Norma Talmadge stepped on wet cement.
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Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.
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Soviet Russia needed lighthouses on their uninhabited Northern Coast, so they built automated lighthouses powered by small nuclear reactors.
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Animals yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.
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Before Apple bought Siri, it was originally going to be released as an app for Android & Blackberry.
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Approximately 1 in every 2,000 babies already has a tooth when they are first born.
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The Young America Township in Minnesota has a population of less than 1,000 but more than 20 zip codes.
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The United States Department of Agriculture says the official definition of a sandwich is: “at least 35 percent cooked meat and no more than 50 percent bread”.