14 Amazing Facts About The World
Nathan Johnson
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06/14/2019
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Fascinating facts about our fascinating world to feed your brain.
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Poon Lim survived 133 days adrift in the Pacific ocean on a 8' square wooden raft. -
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In 1916 there was a proposed amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote. -
3.
A man named Dean Karnazes is able to run 350 miles in under 81 hours without sleep. -
4.
The first person in history whose name we know is Kushim, who was an accountant. -
5.
In Japan houses are considered depreciating assets. All homes are destroyed by the time they are 38 and rebuilt. -
6.
In 1992 a man named Stefan Mandel won a $27,036,142 jackpot by buying every single combination possible. -
7.
EVE Online hired an economist to oversee the in-game money. -
8.
The scene in Fight Club where Tyler is explaining the cost of a recall, when a car built by a company crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside, is based on actual leaked memos from GM and Ford. -
9.
Salvador Dali would avoid paying his tabs by drawing on the checks he wrote, making the checks a valuable piece of art. -
10.
A Manhattan driver set a record by hitting 240 consecutive green lights. -
11.
Before there were alarm clocks there were knockers-up, who were hired to shoot dried peas from a blow gun at people’s windows in order to wake them up in the morning. -
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The Kingdom of Bhutan only has one international airport, and only a select number of pilots are certified to land there. -
13.
Sylvester Stallone kept the two turtles from the 1976 movie Rocky, and they are still alive today at 44. -
14.
Pablo Escobar’s personal hitman, responsible for 3500 murders, was released from jail in 2014 and is now a YouTube personality with 1 million subscribers.
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