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

  Mar 23, 2019   82

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

  Feb 26, 2019   117

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

  Dec 5, 2018   211

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   176

Hot water freezes faster than cold water.

  Oct 26, 2018   200

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

  Oct 26, 2018   461

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   133

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

  Oct 26, 2018   262

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

  Oct 26, 2018   162

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

  Oct 26, 2018   304

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

  Oct 26, 2018   169

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

  Oct 26, 2018   253

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

  Oct 26, 2018   186

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   263

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

  Oct 26, 2018   251

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

  Oct 26, 2018   153

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

  Oct 26, 2018   150

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

  Oct 26, 2018   143

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

  Oct 26, 2018   189

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

  Oct 26, 2018   147

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

  Oct 26, 2018   191

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

  Oct 26, 2018   191

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

  Oct 26, 2018   181

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

  Oct 26, 2018   170

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   189

Google was originally called 'Backrub'.

  Oct 26, 2018   309

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

  Oct 26, 2018   137

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

  Oct 26, 2018   158

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

  Oct 26, 2018   106

The Statue of Liberty was originally intended for Egypt.

  Oct 26, 2018   155

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

  Oct 26, 2018   329

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   145

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

  Oct 26, 2018   137

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

  Oct 26, 2018   142

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

  Oct 26, 2018   143

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

  Oct 26, 2018   121

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

  Oct 26, 2018   169

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

  Oct 26, 2018   256

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

  Oct 26, 2018   139

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

  Oct 26, 2018   140

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   222

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

  Oct 26, 2018   327

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   154

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

  Oct 26, 2018   126

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

  Oct 26, 2018   239

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

  Oct 24, 2018   151

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   139

Fidel Castro has slept with over 35,000 women.

  Oct 15, 2018   180

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

  Oct 15, 2018   150

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   163

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