January 2012
14 posts
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Daffy Duck's middle name is "Dumas".
Jan 27th
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Clouds cannot travel south southwest.
Jan 26th
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Due to staggering inflation in the 1920's,...
Jan 25th
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Blackbird, who was the chief of Omaha Indians, was...
Jan 24th
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Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people...
Jan 23rd
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Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a...
Jan 22nd
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"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the...
Jan 21st
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The average American will eat 19 pounds of cereal...
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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The only "real" food that U.S. Astronauts are...
Jan 19th
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Only female mosquito’s' bite and most are...
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and...
Jan 17th
250 notes
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Reseach suggests two narcissists are better than...
For many years psychologists have explored whether narcissism and creativity are linked, and some studies have suggested that the self-obsessed may, in fact, be more creative than the rest of us. But 2011 research from Cornell University argues otherwise. Researchers then paired 292 undergrads (all of whom completed the narcissism test) into 73 four-person groups. The groups were given the...
Jan 2nd
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December 2011
10 posts
In the 19th century the President of the United...
The tradition started with George Washington (though his receptions were held before the White House was built) and ended with Herbert Hoover in 1933.
Dec 30th
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If a tiger loses all his hair, he’ll still be...
Dec 29th
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The eyes of the chameleon can move independently....
Dec 14th
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The average human brain is 140 mm wide, 167 mm...
Dec 13th
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Colonel Sanders’ finger-lickin’ formula is locked...
Dec 11th
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The Duckbill Platypus is one of the few mammals to...
Dec 10th
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Only about one-fifth of the world’s largest...
Dec 9th
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Author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s full name was Francis...
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to...
Dec 7th
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November 2011
3 posts
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During busy travel periods (like Thanksgiving and...
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Nov 23rd
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The 9th largest city in the world is a place...
Nov 7th
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The stock phrase "and they lived happily ever...
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Nov 6th
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October 2011
10 posts
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Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where...
Oct 31st
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The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts...
Oct 31st
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Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion...
Oct 31st
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Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most...
Oct 31st
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Signs of a werewolf are a unibrow, hair palms,...
Oct 31st
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Halloween facts all day!
Oct 31st
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The concept of “community service” as a form of...
Oct 30th
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Horses can’t vomit.
Oct 29th
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There have been rumors in The Lion King that when...
submitted by @NatieBean
Oct 28th
216 notes
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Cheese is the most stolen food in the world
Oct 27th
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September 2011
2 posts
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Sep 27th
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Sep 11th
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August 2011
21 posts
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The term "riding shotgun" was applied originally...
So next time you call shot gun remember that you’ve got responsibilities submitted by Nat and Rob (no tumblr)
Aug 24th
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The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather...
Aug 17th
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The Shortest place name is "Å" it is located in...
Aug 16th
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There are 425 sheets per roll of Kirkland...
submitted by afujiapple
Aug 15th
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The real name of Monopoly mascot Rich Uncle...
The policeman in Monopoly has a name, too. You can thank Officer Edgar Mallory the next time he sends you to jail.
Aug 14th
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Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts....
Aug 13th
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You know how it smells after it rains? That clean,...
Aug 12th
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Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than...
Aug 11th
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Proportional to their weight, men are stronger...
Aug 10th
223 notes
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and...
Aug 9th
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Whale shark skin can be up to 10 cm thick, which...
Aug 8th
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