Did You Know? - Amazing Facts and Interesting Stuff

The 'Bio-Bus' is a bus service in the UK that is powered by poop.

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Sociologists have found the worse the economy, the longer the women's skirts are and the better economy, the shorter the skirt.

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Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the building of the Great Pyramid.

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It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.

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A new study suggests that eating chocolate could improve the brain's ability to do Mathematics.

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Male kangaroos flex their biceps to impress females.

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In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.

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Blood donors in Sweden receive a thank you text when their blood is used.

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The United kingdom eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined.

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In 2003, a Boeing 727-223 was stolen from an airport in Angola. It still has not been found despite a worldwide search.

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A 'quidnunc' is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.

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Blue whales are so enormous that a small child could swim through its veins.

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An alleged Virginia bank robber denies robbing a bank because he asked the teller 'politely'.

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A cyclist was removed from the World Naked Bike Ride in Kent after being spotted with an erection from getting 'overexcited and aroused'.

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The small pocket in the larger pocket of your jeans was originally designed for pocket watches.

  Oct 15, 2018   141

Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

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A British Airways flight to Dubai was forced to return to Heathrow Airport because someone took a dump that smelled so bad it was unbearable for passengers.

  Oct 15, 2018   136

You could cover the Great Wall of China 8 times with the number of jars of Nutella sold in a year.

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According to a study, Twitter and Facebook are harder to resist than tobacco and alcohol.

  Oct 15, 2018   129

All of 'The Simpsons' characters have just 4 fingers on each hand, except for one character with 5 fingers, God.

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Krusty the Clown was originally created to be Homer Simpson's secret identity.

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A 'butt' was a unit of measure for wine in Medieval England.

  Oct 1, 2018   138

Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate birthdays because the only 2 accounts of birthday parties in the Bible ended in murder.

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The Catholic Church once exhumed the rotting corpse of a deceased Pope and put him on trial.

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75% of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce.

  Oct 1, 2018   154

Illegal drug possession and trafficking are punished in Singapore with the death penalty.

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According to NOAA, 2014 was the warmest summer on Earth since records began in 1880.

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Google hired a camel to create the Street View of a desert.

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According to a study conducted by Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa, men who cheat on their partners have lower IQs.

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At least 1 in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent.

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In 2005, a Chinese cosmetics firm used skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe.

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Nepal was the first country in Asia to introduce gay marriage.

  Sep 28, 2018   119

All the blue meth in Breaking Bad was actually blue hued rock candy.

  Sep 28, 2018   128

Peter Dinklage is a very strict vegetarian, and every time you see him eating meat on 'Game of Thrones', he is actually eating tofu.

  Sep 28, 2018   150

Marge Simpson was originally supposed to have bunny ears underneath her blue hair.

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Part of the White House was built by slaves.

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In 2009, Nigerian Police detained a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.

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Listening to music while working out measurably improves physical performance.

  Sep 28, 2018   140

In Mexico, artists can pay their taxes with artwork.

  Sep 28, 2018   135

The first boxes of Crayola crayons were sold door to door for a nickel.

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Flowers are known to grow faster when music plays near them.

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East St. Louis, Illinois has a higher murder rate than Honduras, the country with the highest murder rate in the world.

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More people have been to the moon than the bottom of the ocean.

  Sep 28, 2018   169

In Norway, all prisoners have access to the internet, even in their cells.

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In Quebec, Sweden and Norway, advertising to children under the age of 12 is illegal.

  Sep 28, 2018   106

Mickey Mouse has a sister named Amelia Fieldmouse.

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According to various international studies, the world's most popular color is blue.

  Sep 28, 2018   114

Summer on Uranus lasts one long day, which is equivalent to 42 Earth years.

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There is a food substitute intended to supply all daily nutritional needs, known as 'Soylent'.

  Sep 28, 2018   123

Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter, was allergic to Harry Potter's iconic glasses.

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