July 2011
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Hello wasn’t always the first thing people said...
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Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people...
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Hitler was a tax evader
Recent research into papers relating to Hitler has uncovered the fact that when he became chancellor of Germany in 1934 he had evaded paying 405,500 million Reichsmarks in tax (6.3 million USD in today’s currency). Fortunately for Hitler, he was forgiven his tax debts when he was elected. It is believed that he earned 1.2 million Reichsmarks for sales of Mein Kampf alone, and avoided paying...
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A mans testicles manufacture 10 million new sperm...
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Dolphins don’t drink water – if they drank sea...
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Each finger and toenail takes six months to grow...
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The 18th Amendment to the Constitution...
Drinking alcohol was never outlawed – only making, transporting, and selling it. Liquor could legally be consumed provided it was purchased before Prohibition. If you want to get pedantic about it, the 18th Amendment did not even outlaw that. It was the Volstead Act that implemented Prohibition that made making, transporting and selling alcohol illegal. The 21st Amendment would later...
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Gorillas sleep in nests – they weave together soft...
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made...
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The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls...
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A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
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The face of Uncle Sam, the fictional...
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Archimedes endured a tragic fate at the hands of...
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In a very early draft of Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
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Adolph Hitler played chess daily. He always played...
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Bulls are not enraged by the color red, used in...
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Michael J. Fox’s middle name is Andrew.
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Dr. Seuss’ real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.