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Before there were alarm clocks, there were “knockers-up”, who were hired to shoot dried peas from a blow gun at people’s windows in order to wake them up in the morning.

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The Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record Project Is Dead. Britain's 1000mph dream is over. Without a new investor, Bloodhound Programme Ltd. couldn't avoid liquidation.

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The Beatles! Wait. What? When originally formed, Pete Best was the drummer who was replaced by Ringo Starr about a year after the band started preforming

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Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.

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Ravens in captivity can learn to talk better than parrots.

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When Disneyland opened in 1955, "Tomorrowland" was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986.

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Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein.

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In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

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The duffel bag gets its name from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth used in the bags was originally sold.

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The act of stretching and yawning is called pandiculation.

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Hawaiian Punch was originally developed as a tropical flavored ice cream topping.

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The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

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Brenda Lee was only 13 when she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." During the 1960's only Elvis, Ray Charles and the Beatles had more hits than she did. She earned the nickname: "Little Miss Dynamite."

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For $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag with $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.

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During the first Super Bowl in 1967, NBC was still in commercial when the second half kicked off. Officials asked the Packers to kick off again.

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Until 1954, stop signs were yellow.

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Mardi Gras float riders are required by law to wear masks.

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When the computer mouse was invented, it was called the "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System."

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The only number whose letters are in alphabetical order is 40 (f-o-r-t-y).

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Aurora Borealis is seen over the sky near Rovaniemi in Lapland

My exact response when I looked at that picture.

K

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Cockroaches were there 120 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Did you know that crows have five pinion feathers, whereas ravens only have four?

So - truly - the difference between crows and ravens is a matter of a pinion.

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The Golden Lancehead. Its venom is capable of melting human flesh.

You know its a bad day,when you get your wiener stuck in the snow.

I hate when that happens :)

That looks smaller than I remember. Must be the cold.

how long have you been waiting to tell that?.....i mean really..how long...

i thought i was the harbinger of useless information and corn ball jokes...


my hat off to you sir...

:haha::haha::haha: good one

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The tungsten filament inside an incandescent light bulb reaches a temperature of 4,664 degrees Fahrenheit when turned on.

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No one has received more U.S. patents than Thomas Edison – 1,093 to be exact.

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Standing at a staggering 380 feet, this majestic tree towers and shoots through the canopy of the forest

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The wrap-around spider from the land down under literally wraps itself around a tree and “disappears” into its background.

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Wazer – A water jet cutter that you can set up on a desktop

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A car traveling at 80 km/h uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.

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Most gemstones contain several elements. The exception? The diamond. It's all carbon.

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Boron nitride (BN) is the second hardest substance known to man.

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The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.

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The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant.

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Seventy percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human skin