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A standard 12oz jar of honey takes 864 bees to produce.
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7% of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. That works out to 16.4 million people.
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Marie Antoinette’s last words were to her executioner after accidentally stepping on his foot, saying, “Pardon me, sir, I meant not to do it.”
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In Japan, many families eat a KFC for Christmas Dinner. Many people order their meals months in advance and queue for hours to collect them.
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Arctic and Antarctic trace their names to the simple meanings of “Bears” and “Opposite the Bears.”
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Your earlobes line up with your nipples.
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Jupiter completes a rotation of the Sun every 11.86 years.
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Hanson made a beer called “Mmmhops.” They give away a free song with every bottle.
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Using a hands-free device to talk on the phone while driving is shown to be equally or more dangerous than driving drunk.
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Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.
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The first roller coaster was used to transport coal down a hill. After people found that it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists asked to ride on it for a few cents.
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The Monster in Frankenstein was never actually named, although the Monster itself proposed the name “Adam.”
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At one point, 50% of the CDs produced worldwide had an AOL logo on them. The cost for the marketing campaign was in the billions – and it worked.
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There are 30 times more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. It’s estimated that there are 100 billion stars and 3 trillion trees.
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The first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965.
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According to Biblical Scholars, Jesus was more than likely born in a cave, not a stable, as the tale says.
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The process by which bread toasts is called the “Maillard Reaction.”
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The front paws of a cat are different from the back paws. They have five toes on the front but only four on the back.
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The word “barbarian” originally referred to people who don’t speak Greek. The Greeks thought people who spoke a foreign tongue sounded like they were saying “bar bar bar” all the time.
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A group of horses will not go to sleep at the same time – at least one of them will stay awake to look out for the others.
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Antimatter is the most expensive substance on earth. It costs roughly $62.5 trillion per gram, or $1.75 quadrillion per ounce.
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The word “friends” is said in every episode of Friends.
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Alongside Sudoku, chess has been named one of the best ways to improve the mind and memory.
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In Utah, birds have the right of way on a highway.
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Logan was the most complained about movie in the U.K. in 2017 as viewers felt that the movie was too violent for its 15 rating.
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It was Nicholas Cage who first advised Johnny Depp to pursue a career in acting during the mid-1980s.
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While hunting, stoats go crazy jumping, spinning, and twisting to get a rabbit’s attention. This hypnotizes the rabbit until the stoat gets close enough to attack.
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Extreme ironing is a sport in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing. It originated in England.
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Mickey Mouse was the first-ever cartoon character to talk. In the 1929 episode, The Karnival Kid, Mickey’s first words were “Hot dogs!”
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Bob Ross’s hair was naturally straight, but he chose to get a perm so he could save money on haircuts when touring the US penniless in his mobile home. Bob actually hated his curly hair but kept it as it was iconic.