14 Fascinating Facts To Expand Your View of The World
Nathan Johnson
Published
06/08/2019
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Some brain food to get those neurons moving!
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Spending several months salary on an engagement ring was a marketing campaign created by De Beers in the 1930's. -
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Bees make decisions collectively and democratically. -
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In 2006 Guy Goma showed up for a job interview at the BBC, but was mistaken for Guy Kewney and was put on T.V. -
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There is a day in November in South Korea where everyone makes silence in order to help students concentrate for their most important exams. -
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The town of Rjukan, Norway receives no sunlight for 6 months of the year. So they installed 3 large mirrors to reflect light into the town square. -
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The highest grossing independent pizzeria in America is the Moose's Tooth Pub in Anchorage, Alaska, with Annual sales of $6 million. -
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Native people in the Andes evolved with stronger hearts to pump more blood in low oxygen altitudes. -
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In Athens people could vote to ostracize anyone who was growing too powerful and becoming a threat to democracy. -
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Burger King tried to get the movie IT banned because they claimed it was unlawful free advertising for McDonald's. -
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Vince Shlomi once wrote a comedy film with a budget of $500,000, it only grossed $856 at the box office. -
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In 2004 215 restaurants in Guizou, China were closed down after being charged with lacing their food with opium to make their customers addicted to the food. -
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A 1984 episode of Thomas the Tank Engine had the workers brick Henry into a tunnel after he refused to go out in the rain. -
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Joseph Trombins survived the world trade center bombing in 1993, only to be killed later on September 11, 2001. -
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Mike Tyson’s Training Regiment included waking up at 4am, jogging 5-miles. Then he would do 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges daily. He repeated this 6 days a week.
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