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If it were not for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching television in the dark.
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The Hawaiian language only has twelve consonants and five vowels.
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A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging, is called a "nurdle".
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There's a village in southern Norway actually named "Hell." And get this: every winter it freezes over!
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Hartlepool, UK, once elected a football mascot – a monkey – as its mayor. He beat Labour’s Peter Mandelson to the job!
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Turtles are able to breathe through their backsides.
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The very first movie to show a toilet being flushed was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture, Psycho.
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The first President of Zimbabwe – President Banana – actually brought in a law to stop people making fun of his name.
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There is a street in Valladolid, in Spain – Calle Me Falta un Tornillo – which translates roughly to ‘I’ve Got a Screw Loose Street’.
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Someone has gone to the effort of timing the speed of tomato ketchup leaving a bottle of Heinz. If you’re intrigued, it’s around 0.28 miles per hour!
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Was that 'someone' you, Dave?
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All I'll say is Sheila can duck at 0.27 MPH.
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So she wasn't quite fast enough to avoid a dollop in her hair then?
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She's enjoying life as a redhead now.boatbuilder wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:25 amSo she wasn't quite fast enough to avoid a dollop in her hair then?
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The very first movie to show a toilet being flushed was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture, Psycho.
If it were not for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching television in the dark.