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Paper cuts hurt so much because they bleed very little, if at all, leaving the skins pain receptors open to air.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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For several months in 1969, the torrent of water rushing over American Falls, one of three waterfalls that makes up Niagara Falls, was reduced to almost nothing.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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NASA recovered metal from the WTC and used it on Martian rovers as a tribute to those fallen on the 9/11 attacks.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Lobsters eat each other.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Babies have accents. French babies cry will end with a rising note, while German babies have a dropping note at the end of theirs. They pick up on this in the womb.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The first recorded speculative economic bubble was the Tulip Mania, in the Dutch Republic. At its peak in 1637, a single tulip bulb sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsworker.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There's a 10 ft (3m) wall in Lima, Peru, that separates one of the wealthiest neighborhoods from one of the poorest.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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If you count the number of seconds that pass between a flash of lightning and the crack of thunder that follows it, and divide it by five, that's how many miles away you are from where lightning just struck.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Before he was the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau worked as a nightclub bouncer and a snowboarding instructor.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Duncan Toys Co went bankrupt after a judge ruled "yo-yo" had become too ingrained in common speech to remain trademarked.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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German pharmaceutical firm Bayer was forced to give up its rights to the Aspirin and Heroin trademarks in the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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"Percussive maintenance" is the term for hitting something until it works.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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"100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See," starring John Malkovich and directed by Robert Rodriguez, won't be in theaters until 2115.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The smell of a man is as stressful to mice as a three-minute swim. The smell of women doesn't bother them.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Since 1948, 100 planes have gone missing in flight and never been recovered.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Bart Simpson's prank calls to Moe were actually based on real calls two guys did to bar owner and heavyweight boxer Louis "Red" Deutsch. The calls have been recorded.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Thomas Jefferson believed the Constitution should expire every 19 years and be replaced with a new one more suitable for the current generation.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Taking a shower or washing dishes during a lightning storm is not recommended. A lightning strike can be conducted from many miles away through a water pipe.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Lobsters listen with their legs.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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"Whatever" is the most annoying word, a U.S. poll found in 2016 for the eight year in a row.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Hurricane Katrina caused an 85% reduction in the amount of babies named Katrina.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Table beer (1.5% alcohol) was served in Belgian schools until the 1980s.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Salvador Dalí's moustache was found intact in the "10 past 10" position he liked, after his body was exhumed.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Between the years of 2009 and 2014, 4,183 people in U.S. prisons were held past their release dates for no reason.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The first sketch for the design of the Mini was drawn on a napkin in Switzerland.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1986, Ronald Reagan vetoed an anti-apartheid legislation enacted by the U.S. congress to impose sanctions against South Africa and stop apartheid.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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One of the main attractions in Pyongyang's Zoo, in North Korea, is a chimpanzee that smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Tom Cruise split with all 3 of his wives when they were 33.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There are no reported cases of runners dying of dehydration during marathons, but there are plenty of cases of runners dying from water intoxication.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A record $4.79 billion was spent on 14,591 soccer player deals globally in 2016, according to FIFA. That's about $328,000 per average deal.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
