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Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
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Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”
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If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
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Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Cats’ urine glows under a black light.
2 parts of the human body never stop growing.
Our noses and ears never stop growing, even when the rest of the body has stopped.
No number contains the letter A before 1,000.
Spelled out, one thousand is the first number that has the letter A in it.
Mercedes invented a joystick-controlled car.
In 1966, Mercedes released the Mercedes F200. One of its most defining features is its joystick controller that replaces the steering wheel and pedals. The car could sense which side the driver was sitting in, so someone could control it from the passenger seat.
The CIA headquarters Starbucks doesn’t put names on the cups.
Its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and the cafe workers need an escort to leave their work posts.
The Eiffel Tower grows during the summer.
In summer heat, the high temperatures make the Eiffel Tower’s iron expand up to 6 inches.
Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.
Bees are endlessly interesting creatures with a lot of amazing fun facts. One of which is that bees can fly over 29,525 feet above sea level. That’s even higher than Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world.
Humans have jumped further than horses in the Olympics.
The Olympics has been a good measure for humanity’s physical limits and capabilities. You’d be surprised that the world record for the longest human long jump is even greater than the record for longest long jump done by a horse. When Mike Powell jumped 8.95 meters, he beat the record of Extra Dry who jumped at 6.10 meters.
A waffle iron inspired one of the first iconic Nike shoes.
Nowadays, running shoes have a wide range of different technology and materials. However, that wasn’t the case back in the 1950s. Bill Bowerman of Nike wanted to make a lighter running shoe that could be worn on different surfaces. As such, the idea of using a waffle texture sole came to him during breakfast with his wife. Check out the waffle sole on the recently retroed Nike Tailwind ‘79.
Glitter was invented by a farmer.
You wouldn’t think something as sparkly and extravagant as glitter was created by a farmer. Henry Ruschmann of New Jersey was a cattle rancher who crushed plastic in 1934 to dispose of it. The resulting powdered form is what we now know as glitter.
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A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
Abraham Lincoln used to be a bartender.
Another fun fact not known by many is that Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender. In 1930, his liquor license was discovered and displayed at a liquor store in Springfield.
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Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
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In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
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25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
Beethoven never studied multiplication or division.
One of the greatest composers in history, Ludwig Van Beethoven demonstrated his excellence throughout his lifetime. However, he never learned math beyond addition and subtraction. Beethoven studied at Tirocinium where he learned some math, but never multiplication or division. At one point, when he had to multiply 62 by 50, he wrote 62 down a line 50 times and added it manually.
Aquariums were supposed to be for cows.
In Latin, aquarium translates to a “watering place for cattle.” However, the first aquarium invented in 1921 was clearly not for cows.
An espresso maker has been sent to space.
When an Italian astronaut requests an espresso machine in orbit, who are we to deny her? The Italian Space Agency worked with Lavazza to create the cleverly-named ISSpresso – the first espresso coffee machine designed for space. As a result, the first espresso coffee was drunk in space by Samantha Cristoforetti on May 3, 2015.
Apple Inc. was founded on April Fool’s.
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne signed the documents for the Apple Computer Company on April 1st, 1976. However, the company was not fully established until January 3rd, 1977.
Wild boars wash their food.
At the Basel Zoo in Switzerland, zookeepers observed adult and juvenile wild boars bringing sandy apples to a nearby creek to wash before eating. They’re even neater than some people.
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“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
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Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.