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Read Something Interesting With 25 Facts We Only Learned Today
There is so much out there to learn about, and a lot of it is super interesting, and much of it is very unknown. The world and the web are full of information, it is impossible to learn it all, but anyone can learn a lot. Aside from all of the broad knowledge people have to know, there are millions of small, fun facts to learn about that might surprise someone. Scientific discoveries, historical events, gossip, and other interesting facts are just some of what can be found.
Everyone can take a minute out of their day to discover something intriguing and interesting. There are tons of people who take the time to share something they have learned with the world. These fun facts can impress a crowd, fill a silence, or perhaps help someone in a specific situation.
So, for those who want some food for thought or for those who want to test their own knowledge, here is a collection of 25 facts we only just learned today, so everyone else can learn them, too. Have fun with these odd facts and pieces of knowledge.
TIL after a woman put $40 into a lottery vending machine with the intention of buying multiple cheaper tickets, "some rude person" bumped into her & caused her to accidentally select a $30 ticket. She was annoyed until she started scratching that ticket & realized she'd won the $10 million jackpot.
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TIL in 2014 Ben Affleck was banned for life from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas after he was caught on camera counting cards at a high rollers table. He was told by security that he was "too good" and had been deemed an advantaged player.
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TIL Boeing once filled an airplane with potatoes to test its in-flight Wi-Fi because potatoes mimic the way humans absorb and reflect wireless signals.
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TIL that Samoa is the country with the highest obesity rate in the world. More than 81% of the adults in the nation are obese.
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TIL an album by the group The Mamas and The Papas was pulled from shelves for indecency because the cover had a toilet in the corner of the shot.
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TIL that ravens in the wild play with wolf puppies. In the wholesome way, not the 'play with your food' way.
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TIL there’s a library in Munich devoted to cataloguing every usage of every Latin word in all surviving Latin text. They started in 1894 and expect to finish in 2050.
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TIL the word “hello” first appeared in writing in 1826, and was not used as a greeting until 1877, when it became the default when answering a phone call.
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TIL that there is a sport called underwater ice hockey, where players, positioned upside down beneath the ice sheet, play with a large floating puck that glides along its underside.
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TIL that there are multiple 3D-printers (including one for metal) on the International Space Station to reduce the need for resupply.
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TIL that George Washington died with a net worth of $594.2 million in today’s money, and drew a presidential salary of $25,000 (~$900k today) which was around 2% of the government’s budget at the time.
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TIL Spacesuits are equipped with a "spongy device" in the helmet to allow astronauts the ability to plug their nose.
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TIL There’s a pay phone in Takoma Park, MD, that only makes bird calls. If you pick up the handset, you’ll hear the call of the Mourning Dove instead of a dial tone. Press a key to hear another bird call along with its identification and info about it.
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TIL Galapagos tortoises have been known to kill the finches that groom them for parasites. The tortoise will suddenly retract its limbs to lay flat, and purposely fall on the bird, killing it and consuming it for protein.
(Source: Reddit)
TIL Snuffleupagus was a child of divorced parents, according to an unaired episode of Sesame Street.
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TIL the eruption of Krakatoa led to climate disruption, including Los Angeles receiving 38.18 inches of rain the following year, over three times the average.
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TIL that the earliest version of the Pied Piper story makes no mention of rats, only that, on 26 June 1284, a piper led 130 children out of Hamelin, never to return.
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TIL about Null Island, the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E), i.e. where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. Since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island.
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TIL about Beatriz Flamini, who spent 500 days alone in a cave without clocks, sunlight, or human contact as part of a scientific experiment on extreme isolation.
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TIL over 99% of Warren Buffett’s net worth was accumulated after he was 65 years old.
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TIL Spiders can fly using electricity in the air (a process called ballooning). They can release silk threads that catch an electric field, which then interacts with the Earth's electric field, providing lift and propulsion. This allows them to travel long distances and across oceans.
(Source: Reddit)
TIL the Guinness World Record for most birthdays in one day belongs to a Pakistani family, with every member having been born on August 1st; including the mother and father.
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TIL the process of making meat Kosher involves specifically the removal of the sciatic nerve due to the belief that Jacob had his sciatic nerve injured by an angel.
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