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Post by **Mel** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:28 am

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The Washington Monument was completed in 1888, but nobody knew its height until 2015.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:30 pm

Octopuses lay 56,000 eggs at a time.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:32 pm

Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:35 pm

Dogs sniff good smells with their left nostril.

Post by **Mel** » Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:41 am

Because it cannot be seen, the Aymara people of the Andes think of the future as behind them.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:07 pm

Around 16 million people alive today are direct descendants of Genghis Khan.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:10 pm

If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you'll see is called "eigengrau."

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:15 pm

A group of hippos is called a "bloat."

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:15 pm

A "jiffy" is about one trillionth of a second.

Post by **boatbuilder** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:33 pm

I wonder how that relates to a 'jiffy bag'?

Post by **Mel** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:19 am

J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis went to the cinema together to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but didn't enjoy it.

Post by **Mel** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:34 am

15% of the air on the New York subway contains human skin.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:39 pm

There's a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Its nickname is "the highest court in the land."

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:41 pm

The first person convicted of speeding was going eight mph.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:41 pm

The severed head of a sea slug can grow a whole new body.

Post by **Mel** » Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:39 am

7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.