April 2010
43 posts
The Pirahã people in Brazil don't count and have...
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Apr 1st
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March 2010
40 posts
Helen Keller was not born deaf and blind, but a...
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Mar 31st
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excessofnothing asked: Why is it that some people sneeze when they look at the sun and some people don't?
Mar 31st
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Some newborn boys have swollen breasts that can...
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Mar 31st
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People don't sneeze in their sleep because the...
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Mar 30th
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In Egyptian mythology, the god Saa (also spelled...
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Mar 30th
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The last word in most dictionaries is 'zyzzyva,' a...
(The Essential Book of Useless Information) A weevil, however, is a beetle.  I thought it was a fruit. I was wrong.
Mar 30th
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Mar 30th
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Roughly 90% of toothpicks come from Maine.
(The Essential Book of Useless Information) It also seems that 90% of horror movies take place there, too.
Mar 29th
Brazil is the biggest exporter of beef.
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Mar 29th
Mar 27th
280 notes
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Mar 25th
Our bad, it's a little late
But it’s still Tuesday! Which means if you haven’t gone and RECOMMENDED anyone in the DIRECTORY today there is still a CHANCE to RECOMMEND OH YEAH FACTS for the EDUCATIONAL section of the DIRECTORY.
Mar 23rd
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Is it polite to follow someone on twitter if they...
I don’t know, but we do it anyway. We got us a twitter. You should follow it. Especially if you follow Snooki, that way you can balance out the intelligence level on your twitter. twitter.com/ohyeahfacts twitter.com/ohyeahfacts twitter.com/ohyeahfacts
Mar 23rd
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Below 37 mph, most bugs tend to bounce off car...
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Mar 22nd
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Bottlenose dolphins identify themselves by name...
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Mar 22nd
258 notes
Every so often chucks of ice fall from the clear...
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Mar 21st
Mar 21st
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In the Andes, time is often measured by how long...
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Mar 19th
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Mar 17th
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julieyumi asked: In Japanese and Chinese, Tuesdays are written with the character for "fire" making the translation "fire day." In order, the days of the week are: Sun day, Moon day, Fire day, Water day, Tree day, Gold day, and Soil day.
Mar 17th
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Tuesday Facts:
Tuesday was named after the Old English god Tiw. The name Tuesday derives from the Old English “Tiwesdæg” and literally means “Tiw’s Day”.  Tiw is the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic god *Tîwaz, or Týr in Norse, a god of war and law.  In the Indic languages of Pali and Sanskrit, as well as in Thailand, the name of the day is taken from Angaraka (‘one...
Mar 16th
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The world's first active MySpace account belonged...
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Mar 16th
Pope Innocent IV supposedly often used torture to...
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Mar 16th
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When cows lift their tails it's a sign that rain...
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Mar 15th
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A bullet fired into a body of water will become...
Source: Mythbusters
Mar 15th
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The number of births in India each year is greater...
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Mar 14th
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Gold exists on Mars, Mercury, and Venus.
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Mar 13th
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Oh Yeah Facts got a makeover!
New icon, new layout, and we now have a twitter and email address too. OhYeahFacts@gmail.com I’m not quite sure why one would use the email address, considering we have an ask box, but it might come in handy. So come check it out!
Mar 13th
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The term "to get fired" comes from when clans of...
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Mar 13th
There's a 99% chance that California experiences a...
Dammit, science. (source)
Mar 10th
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Wanna do us a favor? Huh, do ya?
Well, if so, you could RECOMMEND OhYeahFacts for the educational section of the directory. So if you want to RECOMMEND us, just click one of the LINKS that we have SUBTLY PLACED in this post so that you can RECOMMEND us for the educational section. This has been a repetitive post. RECOMMEND.
Mar 9th
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Children grow faster in the springtime.
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Mar 9th
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Every human spent about half an hour as a single...
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Mar 8th
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God...
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Mar 8th
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The earliest recorded case of a man giving up...
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Mar 8th
The Oscar statue weighs 8 1/2 lbs.
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Mar 8th
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Mar 3rd
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Pope Alexander VI was known for throwing wild...
(source) Correction: The earlier post named Alexander IV, when in fact it should have said Alexander VI. Pope Alexander IV was a rather innocuous Pope, and we apologize to him and his rather boring legacy.
Mar 3rd
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jir0nimosays-deactivated2011051 asked: How can a person stop being gay? Is there some kind of medication for that?
Mar 2nd
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