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Did you know...Mary Edwards Walker is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor?
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if you put a goldfish in a dark room- it will eventually turn white?
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the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card?
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in Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping?
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the most popular first name in the world is Muhammad?
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when glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour?
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forest fires move faster uphill than downhill?
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the sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur?
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human thigh bones are stronger than concrete?
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there are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones?
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elephants cannot jump?
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like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different?
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humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year?
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dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed?
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1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue?
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if you plug your nose you can't hum?
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India never invaded any country in her history?
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers ?
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Hugo Boss designed some of the Nazi SS uniforms?
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the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day for plumbers in the US?
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cold showers stimulate your sex drive?
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there are more pyramids in Peru than in Egypt?
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your thumb is the same length as your nose?
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Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky?
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the oldest dog died at the age of 29?
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that a Playboy magazine survey found that more women talk dirty during sex than men?
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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning?
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if an Amish man has a beard, he is married?
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the Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom?
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the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows? It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
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"Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish?
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pumice is the only rock that floats in water?
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the African cicada fly spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for two weeks, mates and then dies?
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the tradition of brides carrying a bouquet of flowers started with the brides trying to hide their body odor?
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Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room?
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humans and bonobos are the only species known to tongue kiss and to have oral & face-to-face sex?
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natural pearls melt in vinegar?
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dalmatians are born without spots.
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armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex?
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polar bears have black skin and tigers have striped skin?
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dogs have about 10 vocal sound while cats have over 100?
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Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan god?
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music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20%?
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the average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites?
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a quarter has 119 grooves around the edge while a dime has 118 ridges?
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nondairy creamer is flammable?
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you can make edible cheese from the milk of 24 different mammals?
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By law, employees do not have to wash hands after sneezing?
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Diet Coke was invented in 1982?
update 12/22/15: i have learned so much from the comments of random knowledge. you guys are good eggs
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Maybe I should stop taking cold showers...
Do you mind if I use this stamp on my page?
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Did you know...
Cockroaches retreat to wash themselves after human contact?
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The area under your eyes and above your cheeks are your Carunculas?
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And did you know that babies have more taste buds than adults?
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Did you know that day and night are created while the Earth rotates, and if your area is facing the sun, it's day, and when it isn't, it's night? This is what creates.
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...time-zones. Sorry, typo. Stupid ipad D:<
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Women can't be colorblind? But can carry the gene and pass it on to male offspring.
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It's still possible for females to be colorblind, but it's more common in males because of the Y chromosome. If the two X chromosomes carry the recessive colorblind trait, making it homozygous recessive, then the female is colorblind.
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Actually woman can be partially colorblind. It is possible for us to not be able to see the color blue. (google can women be colorblind)
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Ohmygosh I did not know this! More useless knowledge ;u;
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Ikr, can never get to much useless knowledge.
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and did you know around 8:00am on a Monday is the most common time for a heart attack
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did you know there are more english speaking people in china then there are in america?
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did you know penguins are known to become depressed and even commit suicide
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Thanks for that description!! Kept me entertained ahahaha.
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did you know bears look fricking terrifying when they've been shaven??
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Also dogs can read facial expression in humans.
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Rattlesnakes give birth to live young (meaning they don't lay eggs).
King cobras are the only snakes that build nests.
A king cobra can be the length of a bus.
The longest snake is 50 feet long.
The front legs of cairn terriers are longer than their hind legs. This is to help them dig.
West highland white terriers were originally white cairn terriers.
There are mites that live in your eyelashes. They're called follicle mites, and they're harmless. They look like facehuggers in my opinion! They're so cute!
Male crab spiders drink nectar from flowers.
Most of the time, female black widows don't eat their mate.
Eyewitness memory tends to be very unreliable, and memories can be altered by suggestions.
Insects (well, flying insects) are the only arthropods that can fly.
Boomslangs were discovered to be dangerous when a researcher was bitten by one, but didn't seek medical help because they thought that boomslangs were harmless due to being rear-fanged snakes (many of these are only mildly venomous and aren't dangerous), and the researcher eventually died.
Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders than to crabs.
Only new world tarantulas have irritating hairs.
Old world tarantulas are more aggressive than new world tarantulas.
Jimmy Carter was the only US president to be attacked by a rabbit on a boat in the middle of a lake (I learned this in my US history class).
Vinegaroons (a type of whip scorpion) are called vinegaroons because they shoot acetic acid (as a defense mechanism) which smells like vinegar.
Banana spiders can't Brazilian wandering spiders because those spiders don't live in the countries where bananas are grown. They're usually huntsman spiders.
The term "bug" in computer science originated because sometimes computer problems were caused by actual insects that went inside the computer.
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"Did you know...
the most popular first name in the world is Muhammad?"
HONOR!
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nyEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
"Muhammad" was a very creative name.
Nobody had the name "Muhammad" before he was born. :3
Right?
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it wasn't that popular in that time, so yeah.
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Eight percent of men are colorblind?
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Also colorblindness is more common in men than in women.
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Did you know I know nothing? Did you know? I lied.
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Did you know children at the age of 4-5 ask about 400 questions per day? :3
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did you know ducks have corkscrew penis's?
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your DNA is identical to the DNA of a banana by 50%?
Man, I love useless knowledge... <3
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THIS IS MEANT FOR ME TO SPAM MY FRIEND WITH. YES. I THINK SO.
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-Pirates often wore eyepatches so one of their eyes would be adjusted to darkness when they'd go below deck.
-The average American sends 2,022 texts per month. (About 67 per day)
-If there was more pure oxygen in the air, people would be happier, but we'd also have oversized spiders.
-A crocodile's tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
-Your stomach has to create a new layer of mucus every week or it would digest itself.
That's all I remember right now...
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Did you know that crocodile hatchlings' genders are determined by temperature changes?
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oh, and sea turtles!
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Yes, don't forget the sea turtles!
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No one shall forget the sea turtles and the crocodiles!!
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Useless knowledge tends to stay in my head longer than knowledge i get in class that i'm suppose to remember
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