50 Amazing Facts To Blast Away Your Ignorance
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Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting, and sculpture. -
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The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks. -
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The entire state of Wyoming only has two escalators. -
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The ampersand symbol is formed from the letters in et—the Latin word for "and." -
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Ravens in captivity can learn to talk better than parrots. -
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The actor who was inside R2-D2 hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him "the rudest man I've ever met." -
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It's a myth that no two snowflakes are exactly the same. In 1988, a scientist found two identical snow crystals. They came from a storm in Wisconsin. -
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When Disneyland opened in 1955, "Tomorrowland" was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986. -
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Before George W. Bush took office, some Clinton staffers canvassed the White House offices and removed the W key from over 60 keyboards. -
10.
When the last official Blockbuster Video closed in November 2013, the final rental was the apocalyptic comedy This Is the End. -
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The German word 'kummerspeck' means excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon. -
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The collective noun for a group of pugs is a grumble. -
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In 1939, Hitler's nephew wrote an article called "Why I Hate My Uncle." He came to the U.S., served in the Navy, and settled on Long Island. -
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According to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, 44 percent of Bob Ross's paintings contain at least one "happy little cloud." -
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On an April day in 1930, the BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead they played piano music. -
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Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein. -
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Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.) -
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The word "PEZ" comes from the German word for peppermint—PfeffErminZ. -
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In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned. -
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Before Sally Ride became the first American woman in space, a reporter asked, "Do you weep when things go wrong on the job?" -
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In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all their cash. -
22.
The inventor of the AK-47 has said he wishes he'd invented something to help farmers instead — "for example a lawnmower." -
23.
The Vatican Bank is the world's only bank that allows ATM users to perform transactions in Latin. -
24.
The duffel bag gets its name from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth used in the bags was originally sold. -
25.
James Avery ("Uncle Phil" on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) was the voice of Shredder on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. -
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At Fatburger, you can order a "Hypocrite"—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon. -
27.
When asked who owned the patent on the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk said, "Well, the people. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" -
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The Q in Q-tips stands for quality. -
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Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr. Seuss to write a book using no more than 50 different words. The result? Green Eggs and Ham. -
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The act of stretching and yawning is called 'pandiculation'. -
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Sea cucumbers eat with their feet. -
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A murder suspect was convicted after the broken-off leg of a grasshopper in his pants cuff turned out to be a perfect match for an insect found near the victim's body. -
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After an online vote in 2011, Toyota announced that the official plural of Prius was Prii. -
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In his book, Dick Cheney says his yellow lab Dave was banned from Camp David for attacking President Bush's dog Barney. -
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Lyme disease is named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, where several cases were identified in 1975. -
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Reno is farther west than Los Angeles. -
37.
William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from JFK's White House. "Why that’s a hundred miles away," he said. "That’s a long way to go just to eat." -
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In 1907, an ad campaign for Kellogg's Corn Flakes offered a free box of cereal to any woman who would wink at her grocer. -
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Why did the FBI call Ted Kaczynski "The Unabomber"? Because his early mail bombs were sent to universities (UN) & airlines (A). -
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Obsessive nose picking is called 'rhinotillexomania'. -
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"Silver Bells" was called "Tinkle Bells" until co-composer Jay Livingston’s wife told him "tinkle" had another meaning -
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Michael Jackson's 1988 autobiography Moonwalk was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. -
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How did Curious George get to America? He was captured in Africa by The Man With the Yellow Hat — with his yellow hat. -
44.
In the early stage version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s faithful companion Toto was replaced by a cow named Imogene. -
45.
Tobias Fünke's "nevernude" condition on Arrested Development is real. It's called "gymnophobia" — the fear of nude bodies. -
46.
Hawaiian Punch was originally developed as a tropical flavored ice cream topping. -
47.
Andy's evil neighbor Sid from Toy Story returns briefly as the garbage man in Toy Story 3. -
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Jacuzzi is a brand name. You can also buy Jacuzzi toilets and mattresses. -
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During a 2004 episode of Sesame Street, Cookie Monster said that before he started eating cookies, his name was Sid. -
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Roger Ebert and Oprah Winfrey went on a couple dates in the mid-1980s. It was Roger who convinced her to syndicate her talk show.
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