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7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
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Post by Dave » Fri Jul 23, 2021 11:35 pm

Georges Christen from Luxembourg ran 38 feet and 8 inches while carrying a 26 pound table — and a 110 pound woman sitting on it! — in his mouth in Madrid, Spain, on February 9, 2008.
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Post by Dave » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:01 pm

Zac the Macaw set the world record for opening the most number of cans in one minute in San Jose, in 2012. He managed to open 35 cans.
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There are two Air Force Ones.
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Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.
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A cubic inch of human bone can bear the weight of five standard pickup trucks.
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There’s a city called “Rome” on every continent except Antarctica.
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Riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones.
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In Mexico, it isn't illegal to escape from prison.
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Post by Dave » Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:52 pm

The infinity sign has a name, and it’s lemniscate.
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Post by Dave » Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:07 pm

The chills you get when you listen to music are caused by your brain releasing dopamine, a neurotransmitter that causes pleasure. The brain releases these same feel-good hormones during sex and eating too.
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One in five country music songs refers to alcohol, one in three to tears, and one in seven to “mama”.
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If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t jump.
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The largest scrambled eggs ever made weighed nearly 3.5 tons.
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Post by Dave » Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:18 pm

If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, you’ll see a color. This color is called “eigengrau”.
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Post by Dave » Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:19 pm

Ernest Wright’s 1939 novel Gadsby does not contain the letter “e.”
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