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02-07-24, 03:48 PM | #3256 |
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In the time since Pluto was discovered approximately 94 years ago, it has only traveled 38% of one orbit around the sun.
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02-08-24, 09:35 AM | #3257 |
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Honey never spoils.
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02-08-24, 01:28 PM | #3258 |
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The average thickness of ice in Antarctica is about 1 mile (1.6 km).
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02-09-24, 01:44 PM | #3259 |
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One in 18 people have a third nipple.
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02-09-24, 02:50 PM | #3260 |
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France was the first country to introduce the vehicle license plate on August 14, 1893
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02-10-24, 11:31 AM | #3261 |
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A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.”
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02-11-24, 10:42 AM | #3262 |
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There are more possible variations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
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02-11-24, 01:11 PM | #3263 |
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New York City got its nickname “Big Apple” from a local newspaper in the 1920s.
The phrase “Big Apple” was used to describe a big money prize at important horse races held around the city.
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02-11-24, 02:10 PM | #3264 |
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More than 86% of U.S. households have at least one car for every driver in the home.
And 28% report having more cars than drivers!
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02-12-24, 02:24 PM | #3265 |
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The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
The stunning lace veil was worn in Larnaca, Cyprus, on August 14, 2018, and measured 6,962.6 meters (4.3 miles!).
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02-12-24, 02:51 PM | #3266 |
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Marvel originally was named “Timely Comics”.
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02-13-24, 11:16 AM | #3267 |
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A group of pugs is called a grumble.
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02-13-24, 12:06 PM | #3268 |
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In the USA, a slave from 1850 by today’s standards, would cost 1,000 dollars.
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02-14-24, 10:45 AM | #3269 |
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One of the world’s oldest-known recipes is for beer.
Archaeologists uncovered a 5,000-year-old brewery in China with ancient “beer-making tool kits” in underground rooms dating back to 3400 and 2900 B.C.
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02-15-24, 10:55 AM | #3270 |
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You can actually die laughing.
Sadly, intense laughter can trigger a heart attack or suffocation.
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