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“74. In 1944 a 16-year-old black student in Columbus, Ohio won an essay contest on the theme ‘what to do with Hitler after the war’ by submitting a single sentence. “Put him in black skin and let him live the rest of his life in America.”
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“247. By definition if you commit any crime at sea, you're considered a pirate.”
― Scott Matthews, Interesting, Fun and Crazy Facts of America - The Knowledge Encyclopedia To Win Trivia

“46. In 1918 a World War One homing pigeon named Cher Ami saved 194 American soldiers lives by continuing her journey after losing an eye, a leg and after having been shot through the chest.”
― Scott Matthews, Interesting, Fun and Crazy Facts of America - The Knowledge Encyclopedia To Win Trivia

“68. Until 1974, it was actually illegal to appear in public in Chicago if you were ugly.”
― Scott Matthews, Interesting, Fun and Crazy Facts of America - The Knowledge Encyclopedia To Win Trivia

“931.A third grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother sent her a birthday cake to school along with a knife to cut it. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities for having a dangerous weapon.”
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“The word “BAE” which is popular in North American society is actually the Danish word for poop.”
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“50. A study conducted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2012 concluded that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more working memory and sharper brains.”
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“In 2013, a 59-year-old man named Alan Markovitz was upset at his ex-wife for cheating on him, bought a house next to hers and installed a giant $7,000 statue of a hand giving the finger aimed at her house.”
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“Soon China would be the most powerful and wealthy country in the world and America would drown in the cesspool it had made of itself. 18.”
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“Donald Trump”
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“American scientists blew up a hydrogen bomb that was a hundred times as powerful as the one used in Hiroshima right outside the atmosphere in the summer of 1962, just to find out what would happen.”
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“In 2012 a man named Seth Horvitz ordered a TV from amazon and instead got a military grade assault rifle instead.”
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“The Grasshopper mouse is carnivorous, immune to venom, eats scorpions, and howls like a wolf to claim its territory”
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“can easily find this book and itch their curiosity!”
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“We're technically living about eighty milliseconds in the past because that's how long it takes our brain to process information.”
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“In Alaska, it's against the law to look for a moose from an airplane.”
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“It took approximately seventy five years for the telephone to reach fifty million users, the radio thirty eight years, thirteen years for the television, four for the Internet, two for Facebook and only nineteen days, for Pokemon Go.”
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“automotive”
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“1026. Confidential data from the maritime industry that leaked information revealed that one giant container ship can emit the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as fifty million cars. That means the top fifteen largest container ships together in the world may be emitting as”
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“There are no genuinely blue foods. Foods that appear blue such as blueberries are often a shade of purple.”
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“If you Google “Zerg rush,” Google will begin to eat the search page.”
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“There's an isopod called the Cymothoa Exigua that eats fish tongues and then becomes the fish's tongue.”
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“The tesla model S car aced all of its national highway traffic safety tests. In fact it's so safe that it actually broke the crash testing gear.”
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“In Serbia, kindergarten kids usually strip down to their undergarments, go outside, and pour extremely cold water on themselves to strengthen their immune systems.”
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“If you feel strongly that someone is watching you, that's because they probably are. Your brain has a primal gaze detection system that determines whether someone is staring directly at you or not.”
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“47. Former U.S. president Calvin Coolidge used to enjoy buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him.”
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“In 1975, a 17-year-old boy was killed while riding his Moped. He was killed exactly one year after his 17-year-old brother was killed while riding the same Moped in the same intersection by the same taxi with the same driver carrying the same passenger.”
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“According to an analysis done by Swift Key, Canada uses the poop emoji more than any other country. Hearts are number one in France, even beating the standard smiley and Australia leads the world in alcohol and drug related emojis”
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“There is an app that exists called Photo Math that solves any math equation you can point your phone at.”
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“The sound you hear when you put a seashell next to your ear isn’t the sea but the blood running through your veins.”
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