August 2009
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In his youth, Tony Blair was in a rock band.
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Greek officials had to apologize after dropping a...
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George Washington spent about 7% of his annual...
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Benjamin Franklin gave guitar lessons.
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Side note: Badass, Mr Franklin, very badass.
The only acceptable sexual position in Washington,...
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The peach was the first fruit eaten on the moon,
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Conservation workers have introduced a exercise...
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China has built a cookie factory to cater...
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A Chinese man trained his pet dog to walk on its...
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Very few adult black bears die from natural...
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Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches...
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Monkeys fling feces at each other when agitated.
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Things you should know about sharks
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Shark skeletons are made of cartilage, which is more flexible than bone, which a shark will use to tear you into pieces.
Shark skin is very hard and sharp, meaning that they’re so badass, touching them will hurt you.
Most fish wiggle to swim. Sharks are too cool for that, they glide.
Most fish have one pair of gills; sharks have five to seven, because that’s how much oxygen...
Women Eat Daintily Around Men
Young women tend to choose lower-calorie meals when dining with males than when eating with other women, a new study shows.
Reporting online in the journal Appetite, researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, observed students in university cafeterias. When women ate with men, they skimped on their food; the more men, the more skimping. But when they ate with the gals, they consumed...
200 million years ago, the Earth contained one...
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Every British queen named Jane has either been...
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The first bottled Coca-Cola appeared in 1899 in...
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It takes one ton of water to make one pound of...
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When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new...
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But sharks are BAMFs so here are some shark-based...
Most sharks as we know them today developed about 64 million years ago during the age of the dinosaurs.
Sharks can smell one drop of blood in a million drops of water.
The Dermal denticles that covers Shark skin is so tough and hard that before the invention of sandpaper, shark skin was used to polish wood.
The chance of being killed by a shark is one in 300 million. The chance of being killed...
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Just putting it out there, FYFacts is for sharks....
Ailurophilia is the “love of cats.”
A cat’s heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats per minute.
If your cat is near you, and her tail is quivering, this is the greatest expression of love your cat can give you. If her tail starts thrashing, her mood has changed —- Time to distance yourself from her.
Don’t pick a kitten or a cat up by the...
The slaves' standard sales contract stated that...
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Women prefer Internet over sex
Nearly half of the women questioned by Harris Interactive said they’d be willing to forgo sex for two weeks, rather than give up their Internet access, according to a study released Monday by Intel, which commissioned the survey. While 46 percent of the women surveyed were willing to engage in abstinence versus losing their Internet, only 30 percent of the men surveyed were willing to do...
The alphabet song, twinkle twinkle little star,...
Every minute, 10 hours of video is uploaded to...
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Only about 20 cases of natural red eyes are...
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Nearly 90% of U.S. paper money has traces of...
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The average child recognizes 200 company logos by...
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Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns.
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A sea hare can lay forty thousand eggs in one...
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75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
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The body loses half a liter of water a day by...
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Living brain cells are bright pink.
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In 1976, Los Angeles resident Jannene Swift...
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There are $680 worth of eBay transactions going on...
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Tumblarity sucks.
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Every year, 2,700 surgical patients go home from...
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A Massachusetts surgeon once left a patient with...
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The first successful open heart surgery was...
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53% of Americans think they are paid the right...
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your body is a wonderland.
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It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).
The average man’s penis is three times the length of his thumb.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
Women blink twice as often as men.
The average...
Early students of forensics hoped that by...
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Only 6% of women fail to cry at least once a...
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Ancient Romans once used urine as an ingredient in...
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The average person sheds 1 and one half pounds of...
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Most people's legs are slightly different lengths.
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The adult human skull comprises 22 different...
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It takes 17 facial muscles to smile, but 42 to...
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