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Malta’s official language is Maltese; however, the majority of the population also speaks English.
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More civilians died in the Battle of Stalingrad than in the nuclear atrocities at Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
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Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen in your body.
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Both KitKat and Rolo are produced globally by Nestlé, except in the U.S., where it’s made by their competitor, Hershey’s.
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When electricity was first installed in the White House in 1891, President Benjamin Harrison and his wife were afraid of electrocution because of the new concept. They refused to touch light switches, so the staff had to turn the lights on and off for them.
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35,000 hectares of peas are grown in the UK in a single year.
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In 2007, a 1000-gallon inflatable swimming pool was stolen from someone’s backyard without a single drop of water being found!
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Both U.S. and Soviet militaries have trained dolphins. They can be used for rescuing lost naval swimmers and locating underwater mines.
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Being in a negative relationship can weaken your immune system.
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October 19th is “Evaluate Your Life Day” – a day to think about your situation in life & wonder how it could be improved. Be sure to weigh the good and bad!
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The total population of insects is estimated to be a billion times greater than that of the human population.
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Snoop Dogg’s real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. His “Snoop Dogg” nickname came from his mother, who thought he looked like Snoopy from Peanuts.
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When the historic Plaza Hotel in NYC opened in 1907, a room cost $2.50 per night, the same as $64.26 today. The Plaza now charges over $1,000/night.
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Originally, the Eiffel Tower was going to be erected in Barcelona, but the project was rejected because citizens thought it was an eyesore.
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The world’s longest place name has 85 letters & is located in New Zealand.
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An amateur beekeeper and a group of scientists found that wax worms are capable of eating and breaking down plastic bags. The settings of a wax worm’s stomach can be recreated to safely dispose of plastic bags and bottles.
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Long ago, people chewed on tree bark as a method of pain relief. Willow bark has a high amount of salicylic acid, an ingredient still used in aspirin today.
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The oldest “your mom” joke was discovered on a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet in Iraq in 1976. The tablet has since been lost, but the text remains preserved.
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Kangaroos keep growing until they die. They are the world’s largest marsupial.
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In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack, but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.
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A red blood cell takes only about 20 seconds to make a complete circuit through your body.
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Iceland was chosen as the training ground for Apollo astronauts because it was the most “moonlike” surface.
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A polygon with 30 sides is a triacontagon.
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The shower-curtain effect is the phenomenon in which a shower curtain gets blown inward with a running shower. Scientists don’t know what causes this.
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The KKK headquarters were purchased by the Catholic Church and then turned into a church.
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After a waitress at a pizzeria helped a customer choose the numbers for a winning lottery ticket in 1984, he “tipped” her $3,000,000 – half of his $6,000,000 prize money.
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Jack Gilinsky is Jewish.
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While most people think of Neil Patrick Harris as an actor, he is also a writer, producer, comedian, singer, and even amateur magician!
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Part of the Falklands Islands is littered with leftover landmines from the Falklands War. This stretch of beach has become home to over 1 million penguins as they are too light to trigger the mines when walking on them.
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Young Tyrannosaurus rex‘s probably had a thin coat of downy feathers to stay warm. They did not need them as they got older due to their size.