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Did You Know? Every year, nearly 4 million cats are eaten in China as a delicacy.

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Did You Know? Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the tall, circular cans.

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Did You Know? Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon with his left foot first.

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Did You Know? Saturn is so big that Earth could fit into it whooping 755 times!

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Did You Know? The Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble.

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Did You Know? There‘s a superhero called ‘Normalman‘. In his world, he is the only person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes.

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Did You Know? Originally, the Pokémon Vulpix was going to be called “FoxFire”.

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Did You Know? The speed of light in a vacuum is 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second), and in theory nothing can travel faster than light.

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Did You Know? Greenland voted to leave the European Union in 1985 and have not rejoined since.

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Did You Know? The small pocket in the larger pocket of your jeans was originally designed for pocket watches.

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Did You Know? Oysters make pearls so they can feel better. When a grain of sand or debris gets stuck in their bodies, they ease the pain and irritation by coating it with multiple layers of nacre, the mineral that lines the inside of their shells, and pearl begins to form. Basically, pearls are like blisters, only much prettier.

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Did You Know? Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.

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

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Did You Know? Mulan has the highest kill-count of any Disney character, including villains, and was the first Disney Princess to be shown killing people on-screen.

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Did You Know? Cucumber can actually cure bad breath. A slice pressed to the roof of your mouth for 30 seconds with your tongue allows the phytochemicals to kill the problematic bacteria.

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

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Did You Know? Mozart wrote a canon entitled ‘Leck mich im Arsch‘, which translates into English as ‘Lick me in the arse.‘

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Did You Know? The ‘Pinky Promise‘ originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.

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Did You Know? The word “Gymnastics” linguistically means “to train naked”. It is derived from the two Ancient Greek words “gumnasía” (athletic training, exercise) and “gumnós” (naked). This is because many Greek athletes would train naked for the Olympic games.

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Did You Know? The eye of an ostrich is bigger than the brain.

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Did You Know? The body of the Cowardly Lion costume used in the Wizard of Oz is made of real lion skin and fur, and the mane is made of human hair.

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Did You Know? An egg contains every vitamin except Vitamin C

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Did You Know? Smoking cigarettes has been linked to developing gray hair before the age of 30.

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Did You Know? The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona, Spain, but the project was rejected.

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Did You Know? Blue whales are so enormous that a small child could swim through its veins.

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Did You Know? The ‘Cobra Effect‘ is where an attempted solution to a problem actually makes the problem worse.

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Did You Know? There are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body

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Did You Know? In India, the flying of a kite is illegal under a 1934 law, which classes kites as an aircraft.

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Did You Know? Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature

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Did You Know? All snakes are carnivorous.

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Did You Know? There are 3000 types of bacteria on your dollar bills.

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Did You Know? There's a species of fish called 'Slippery Dick'.

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Did You Know? Mobile phone throwing is an international sport that started in Finland in 2000. Participants throw mobile phones and are judged on distance or technique.

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Did You Know? Originally, the design for the first iPhone was literally the shape of an apple.

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Did You Know? In 1946, Walt Disney Studios produced an animation about menstruation. It was made on commission for the International Cello-Cotton Company.

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Did You Know? Pluto was named by an 11 year old girl named Venetia Burney.

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Did You Know? ‘Pentheraphobia‘ is a fear of a mother-in-law.

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Did You Know? The largest natural bridge on Earth was virtually unknown to the rest of the world, until it was observed on Google Earth.

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Did You Know? Miami installed the first bank automated teller machine (ATM) specially designed for rollerbladers.

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Did You Know? The youngest mother ever in recorded medical history was only 5 years old.

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Did You Know? Leonardo da Vinci discovered that a tree‘s rings reveal its age.

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Did You Know? In Scotland it is illegal to be drunk and in charge of a cow.

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Did You Know? The military used toilet paper to camouflage their tanks in Saudi Arabia, during the Desert Storm War.

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Did You Know? In 1977, a 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot. This was caused by a rare case of genetic misdirection.

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Did You Know? Ed Sheeran bought a ticket to LA with no contacts. He was spotted by Jamie Foxx, who offered him the use of his recording studio and a bed in his Hollywood home for six weeks.

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Did You Know? Employees at MillerCoors get three free cases of beer each month, in addition to having access to beer and cider on location after a work day.

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Did You Know? Anna Bagenholm fell through a frozen stream while she was skiing and was stuck for over an hour. She made a full recovery and became the person to survive the lowest body temperature ever recorded at 56.7 F (13.7 C) even though she was clinically dead.

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Did You Know? Iceland was chosen as the training ground for Apollo astronauts because it was the most “moonlike” surface.

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Did You Know? Sour Patch Kids are from the same manufacturer as Swedish Fish. The red Sour Patch Kids are the same candy as Swedish Fish, but with sour sugar.

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Did You Know? The Great Wall of China is 3,728 miles long.

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