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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter “a” in its word form.

Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin.

Jupiter is twice as large as all the other planets combined.

The Super Soaker was designed and invented by a NASA engineer.

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

Salt used to be a currency.

Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.

There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

There are 32 muscles in a cat’s ear.

The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Junk food is as addictive as drugs.

The largest bill to go into circulation in the U.S. was a $10,000 note.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

A cubic inch of human bone can bear the weight of five standard pickup trucks.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of only one day.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

Toy Story helped sell the Etch-a-Sketch.

4 out of 5 children recognize the Mcdonald’s logo at 3 years old.

Barbie and Ken broke up in 2004. (Don’t worry. They got back together in 2011.)

One single teaspoon of honey represents the life work of 12 bees.

It’s impossible to tickle yourself.

It’s also impossible for you to lick your own elbow.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Pope John Paul II was an honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

Mulan has the highest kill-count of any Disney character.

3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.

The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.

Chalk is edible.

Most pandas in the world are on loan from China.

Oreo has made enough cookies to span 5 back and forth trips to the moon.

Dr. Seuss invented the word "nerd."

In the 1830s, ketchup was used medicinally.

I love how were just giving facts like that's what I like to see lol bye!

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There is a country where you can keep sloths as pets

Less than five per cent of the planet's oceans have been explored

I want a narwhal or a jellyfish as a pet. Or just have one.

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also, we know more about the moon than the oceans on Earth.

buh bye!

The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex

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The average American spends about 2.5 days a year looking for lost items

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This interesting fact will have your taste buds crawling. Unsurprisingly, the attempt to get kids to eat healthier didn’t go over well with the child testers, who were “confused by the taste.” Find out which countries have banned McDonald’s.

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Fact: Some fungi create zombies, then control their minds

The tropical fungus Ophiocordyceps infects ants’ central nervous systems. By the time the fungi been in the insect bodies for nine days, they have complete control over the host’s movements. They force the ants to climb trees, then convulse and fall into the cool, moist soil below, where fungi thrive. Once there, the fungus waits until exactly solar noon to force the ant to bite a leaf and kill it. Don’t miss these 12 animal “facts” that are actually false.

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Fact: The first oranges weren’t orange

The original oranges from Southeast Asia were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid, and they were actually green. In fact, oranges in warmer regions like Vietnam and Thailand still stay green through maturity. For more interesting facts, find out which “orange” came first: the color or the fruit.

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Fact: There’s only one letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name

Can you guess the answer to this random fact? You’ll find a Z (Arizona), a J (New Jersey), and even two X’s (New Mexico and Texas)—but not a single Q. Check out these other 50 fun facts about every state in America.

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Fact: A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo”

You can even buy its meat in at least 21 states. Don’t miss these other random facts about your favorite foods.

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Fact: Johnny Appleseed’s fruits weren’t for eating

Yes, there was a real John Chapman who planted thousands of apple trees on U.S.

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2Many oranges are actually green.

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While we assume that all oranges are orange in color because of their name, the fruit is often green when ripe, thanks to plenty of chlorophyll. In South America and other tropical locales, oranges are green year round. But in the U.S., where it's colder, oranges lose their chlorophyll and take on the color that matches their name. And because North American shoppers are used to oranges that are actually orange, imported fruit is either exposed to ethylene gas or shocked with cold water in order to remove the chlorophyll.

3The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven.

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If you take a look, you'll see that one and six are on opposite sides of the cube (1+6=7), as are two and five (2+5=7), and three and four (3+4=7). And if you want to understand more about this amazing but useless fact, The Guardian offers a deeper explanation.

4You are 13.8 percent more likely to die on your birthday.

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According to a 2012 study published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology, humans are 13.8 percent more likely to die on their birthday than on any other day of the year. That's according to Swiss mortality statistics from 1969 to 2008. We've got to say, that study is (morbidly) interesting!

5Playing dance music can help ward off mosquitoes.

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Playing electronic dance music (EDM) could be just what you need to scare away those pesky mosquitoes in the summer. According to one 2019 study published in the journal Acta Topica, the Skrillex song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" combines "very high and very low frequencies" as well as "excessive loudness and constantly escalating pitch" that discourages the yellow fever mosquito from biting victims and mating.

6The King of Hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a mustache.

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There are four kings in every deck of cards. And while they al

If you plug your nose, you can't tell the difference between an apple, a potato, and an onion

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Chalk is edible?

That caught me off-guard.

chalk is edible but disgusting