Did You Know? - Amazing Facts and Interesting Stuff

Washington Square in New York used to be a cemetery with over 20,000 people buried there.

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If you keep going North, you will eventually go South but, if you keep going East, you will never go West.

  Feb 27, 2019   301

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

  Dec 5, 2018   449

A heartbroken Argentinian farmer in the town of General Levalle spent decades cultivating the guitar-shaped forest that he created to honor his late wife.

  Oct 26, 2018   329

Hot water freezes faster than cold water.

  Oct 26, 2018   369

The King James Bible has inspired the lyrics of more pop songs than any other book.

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Several global surveys suggest that half of all women who die from homicide are killed by their current or former husbands or partners.

  Oct 26, 2018   264

It's not illegal to go topless in New York City.

  Oct 26, 2018   480

Every year, nearly 4 million cats are eaten in China as a delicacy.

  Oct 26, 2018   345

If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.

  Oct 26, 2018   615

Many expensive perfumes contain sperm whale feces known as 'Ambergris'.

  Oct 26, 2018   345

Leonardo Da Vinci was the first to explain why the sky is blue.

  Oct 26, 2018   497

There are more living organisms in a teaspoonful of soil than there are people on the planet.

  Oct 26, 2018   339

Army ants are used as natural sutures. Their jaws are so powerful, natives staple wounds by forcing ants to bite them and then break off the body.

  Oct 26, 2018   502

The word 'bride' comes from an old Proto-Germanic word meaning 'to cook'.

  Oct 26, 2018   426

Residents of Churchill, Canada leave their cars unlocked to offer an escape for pedestrians who might encounter polar bears.

  Oct 26, 2018   344

There's a species of fish called 'Slippery Dick'.

  Oct 26, 2018   289

The song 'Jingle Bells' was originally written for Thanksgiving.

  Oct 26, 2018   287

The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona, Spain, but the project was rejected.

  Oct 26, 2018   357

China has secret military-style boot camps for Internet addicts.

  Oct 26, 2018   342

The first webcam was created in Cambridge University to check on the coffee levels of a coffee pot.

  Oct 26, 2018   360

English has only one word for 'love'. Sanskrit has 96.

  Oct 26, 2018   347

In Spanish, the word 'esposas' means both 'wives' and 'handcuffs'.

  Oct 26, 2018   316

A Bonsai Tree planted in 1626, survived the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and now resides in a U.S. Museum.

  Oct 26, 2018   326

During the 18th century, you could pay your admission ticket to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

  Oct 26, 2018   384

Google was originally called 'Backrub'.

  Oct 26, 2018   592

Psychologists examined Internet trolls and found that they are narcissistic, psychopathic, and sadistic.

  Oct 26, 2018   280

Hedwig, Harry Potter's owl, is named after the patron saint of orphaned and abandoned children.

  Oct 26, 2018   295

According to the Vatican, Catholics can reduce their time in purgatory by following the Pope of Twitter.

  Oct 26, 2018   247

The Statue of Liberty was originally intended for Egypt.

  Oct 26, 2018   297

From 1814 to 1830, the flag of the Kingdom of France was plain white.

  Oct 26, 2018   543

OJ Simpson was originally cast to play Terminator, but director James Cameron did not feel that Simpson would be believable as a killer.

  Oct 26, 2018   277

After racking up $40 in late fees for a VHS, Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix.

  Oct 26, 2018   276

A 'gut feeling' is a chemical signal that your stomach creates to warn the brain of danger.

  Oct 26, 2018   282

Studies show that apes experience dips in happiness in their middle age, much like people do.

  Oct 26, 2018   273

Since 2011, there have been at least 4 incidents of people cooking meth inside of a Walmart.

  Oct 26, 2018   246

The idea of contact lenses was first introduced by Leonardo da Vinci in 1508.

  Oct 26, 2018   348

In Mexico, the Tooth Fairy is known as the 'Tooth Mouse'.

  Oct 26, 2018   419

There is a smile activated refrigerator which requires users to flash a smile before it will unlock the refrigerator door.

  Oct 26, 2018   271

There's an alcoholism vaccine that will give drinkers an immediate hangover if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.

  Oct 26, 2018   269

In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker, called 'Whipping Tom', who would spank his victims with a rod and shout 'Spanko!' before running away.

  Oct 26, 2018   431

There's a species of orchid that looks like a monkey's face called 'Dracula simia'.

  Oct 26, 2018   706

The New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, went to a doctor and a vet to confirm that he is a human being and not a shape shifting lizard from space.

  Oct 26, 2018   290

When a giraffe's baby is born, it falls from a height of 6 feet, usually without getting hurt.

  Oct 26, 2018   231

Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.

  Oct 26, 2018   482

In 2012, a China man wore 70 pieces of clothing items on a flight to avoid paying extra baggage charges.

  Oct 24, 2018   310

In 1942, there was a man called the Phantom Barber. He would break into people's houses in Mississippi at night and cut their hair.

  Oct 15, 2018   286

Fidel Castro has slept with over 35,000 women.

  Oct 15, 2018   337

According to studies, you'll be happier spending your money on experiences rather than possessions.

  Oct 15, 2018   275

According to the Journal of Experimental Psychology, fooling yourself into thinking you've slept well, even if you haven't, still improves performance.

  Oct 15, 2018   291

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