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Did You Know? When signing up to iTunes, if you accept their Terms & Conditions, you agree to not use it to make nuclear weapons.

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Did You Know? The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

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Did You Know? South African scientists have discovered that 400-year-old tobacco pipes excavated from the garden of William Shakespeare contained cannabis.

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

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

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Did You Know? Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

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Did You Know? On any given day, as many as 10 volcanoes may be spewing ash or lava somewhere on Earth.

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Did You Know? The idea of contact lenses was first introduced by Leonardo da Vinci in 1508.

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

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Did You Know? Mastercard was originally called mastercharge

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Did You Know? 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.

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

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Did You Know? The Earth is struck by lightning over 100 times every second.

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Did You Know? The Beatles showed their support for the US civil rights movement by refusing to play in concerts where audiences were segregated.

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

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Did You Know? The English word 'minion' comes from the French word 'mignon', which means 'cute'.

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Did You Know? The world's tallest model Amazon Eve, also known for her role in American Horror Story, was born a male.

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Did You Know? Because of the dark and intense nature of the film Suicide Squad, director David Ayer hired an on-set therapist for the cast.

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Did You Know? William Shakespeare had a curse engraved on his tombstone to prevent anyone from moving his bones.

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Did You Know? The first rugby club was formed in 1843

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Did You Know? According to a study, Twitter and Facebook are harder to resist than tobacco and alcohol.

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Did You Know? In 1750’s cats came from Europe to America as pest controllers.

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Did You Know? Horses and cows can sleep standing up, but they don‘t experience full REM sleep unless they lie down.

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

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Did You Know? Ireland’s oldest pub dates back to the year 900 CE.

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Did You Know? A day on Venus lasts longer than a year. It takes 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis (sidereal day). The planet's orbit around the Sun takes 225 Earth days.

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Did You Know? Morphine is named after 'Morpheus', the Greek god of dreams.

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Did You Know? 'I Gotta Feeling' by The Black Eyed Peas sold more copies than any Elvis Presley single when it was first released.

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Did You Know? The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.

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Did You Know? Over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year.

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Did You Know? 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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Did You Know? Apple have a ‘no smoking’ ban regarding their computers, which means if you smoke while using an Apple computer, you void the warranty.

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Did You Know? Janis Joplin left $2,500 in her will for her friends to "have a ball after I’m gone".

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Did You Know? In 1889, the Queen of Italy, Margherita Savoy, ordered the first pizza delivery.

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Did You Know? At weddings, the bride normally stands to the left of the groom so that his sword hand is free to defend against other suitors.

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Did You Know? Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.

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Did You Know? More people have been to the moon than the bottom of the ocean.

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Did You Know? The largest living thing on earth is a giant sequoia named General Sherman.

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Did You Know? A Mosquito has 47 teeth.

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Did You Know? The color of white wine gets darker as it ages, while red wine gets lighter in color.

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Did You Know? It is estimated that up to 1 million people died while constructing the Great Wall of China.

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Did You Know? The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record lasting an exhausting 38 minutes.

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Did You Know? J.K. Rowling was the 1st person to ever become a billionaire by writing books.

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

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Did You Know? An apple in the morning will keep you more awake than a cup of coffee.

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Did You Know? To get the most juice from lemons or limes, put them in the microwave for 30 seconds as it will help the citrus juice flow more easily.

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Did You Know? 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.

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Did You Know? Illegal drug possession and trafficking are punished in Singapore with the death penalty.

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

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Did You Know? The founder of match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com.

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