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Before the eraser, bread was used to remove pencil marks
Finns have a term that means ‘drinking at home, alone, in your underwear’
Chewing gum is illegal in Singapore
A French dog created legal history by appearing as a witness in a murder case
In Russia, beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage until 2013
George W. Bush was the head cheerleader at his high school
1% of the static on the empty channel of an analog television is a remnant of the Big Bang
Abraham Lincoln was a wrestling champion
There is a beer brewed out of fossils
Karl Lagerfeld owned hundreds of iPods
You can make diamonds out of tequila
Coca-Cola was the first soft drink in space
Cheese is the most shoplifted food
1 hour of running could add 7 hours to your life
Goldfish can distinguish the music of one composer from another
Deceased human bodies can be turned into electricity
Dynamite can be made from peanuts
Until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as New Holland
20% of mugs at work contain faecal bacteria
The odds of a coin flip are actually not 50-50 but 51-49
One of the big life threats for baby pandas is getting crushed by their mothers
The first animals sent into space were fruit flies
The office chair with wheels was invented by Charles Darwin
Coco Chanel was a Nazi secret agent
In the 17th century Ottoman Empire, drinking coffee was punished by death
50% of academic papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, reviewers and editors
Some towns in Scandinavia use the heat from their crematorium for heating houses
During photosynthesis, plants emit light that humans can’t see
In medieval Europe, black pepper was an expensive luxury item that was used to pay rent and taxes
Eating garlic actually makes your body smell better
Cleopatra lived closer to the launch of the iPhone than to the building of the Great Pyramids
Cologne was once used as a protection against the plague
Greece’s national anthem has 158 verses
Salmon helps your hair grow
Cacao plants are slated to disappear by as early as 2050 due to climate change
Ancient Egyptians were the first to make a sweet treat from the marshmallow plant
There are about 29,000 human-made objects orbiting around Earth
A single human being’s DNA contains as much information as 50 novels
For The Wizard of Oz, 16-year-old actress Judy Garland was forced to take on a diet of chicken soup, coffee, and 80 cigarettes a day
Llama droppings has been used to purify water in Bolivia
Honey doesn’t spoil
Christmas used to be illegal in the US
Jellyfish evaporate
Bananas are radioactive
A cigar half-smoked by Winston Churchill sold for $12,000
Until 1948, 7-Up contained a mood stabiliser used to treat bipolar disorder
Scientists are working on fungi-based computers
You are one or two centimetres taller when you get out of bed in the morning
Pandas can fake pregnancies
Crows can hold grudges
Trained pigeons can identify breast cancer in mammograms as accurately as human experts
For 20 years, the mayor of Talkeetna in Alaska was a cat called Stubbs
A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers on a hot air balloon
There is a polar bear jail in Canada
Queen Elizabeth was a mechanic during WWII
Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve
There is a Scottish tartan designed for Mars exploration
A lemon will float in water, but a lime will sink
Eggplants contain nicotine
Fish are getting dumped from aeroplanes in order to repopulate lakes
Some cities in the US used to have ‘ugly laws’, fining people $1 to $50 for their bad looks
About once a week, sloths make a trip to the bottom of their tree in order to poop
Scientists can grow teeth out of the stem cells found in urine
Pineapples were status symbols in 18th century Europe
The IKEA catalogue is as widespread as the Bible
In 1930s London, babies were dangled out of windows in “baby cages”
A Japanese toilet brand has built a motorcycle that runs on excrement
Tiny mites are living and having sex on your face
We sigh every 5 minutes on average, without which our lungs would collapse
Greenland is farther east, west, north, and south than Iceland
Play-Doh was originally sold and used as a wallpaper cleaner
Pen-tailed treeshrews spend every night drinking fermented nectar
The Chupa Chups logo was designed by Salvador Dalí
A cow and bison hybrid is called a ‘beefalo’
The spot where Hitler shot himself is now a kids’ playground
One testicle usually hangs lower than the other
There are over 1,000 varieties of bananas
The world’s oldest toy might be the stick
Cheerleading started as an all-male activity
29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from Asia
Tintin is called Tantan in Japanese because ‘Tintin’ would read as the slang for ‘penis’
In Latin, a watering place for cattle was called an ‘aquarium’
By peeing in the shower, you can save 2,200 litres of water a year
McDonald’s once made bubblegum flavoured broccoli
The sound of a black hole is a B-flat note
Tennis players produce up to 3 litres of sweat an hour
Baby giraffes are born falling 1.5 metres to the ground
The world’s largest pizza was about 3 times as big as a basketball court
There is an island within a lake on an island within a lake on an island
The first shopping cart was made of a folding chair with a basket on the seat and wheels on the legs
Blood makes a loop around your body 1,500 times a day
The word ‘avocado’ comes from a Nahuatl word meaning both avocado and testicle
The Scots language has 421 words for snow
There are no stop signs in Paris
Some penguins engage in prostitution, providing sex for pebbles to build their nest
A diamond can grow inside another diamond
There is a strip club in Canada that doubles as a church on Sundays
Hamsters on a wheel can run 9 km a night
Iguanas have three eyes: the third one only perceives brightness
Kids perform better at boring tasks when dressed as Batman
Mary Kenneth Keller was a Roman catholic sister and one of the first two persons to get a PhD in computer science in the US
The inventor of the Frisbee was cremated and his ashes made into Frisbees
Elephants can’t jump
On average, we touch our faces 15.7 times an hour
The world’s deepest postbox is in Susami Bay, Japan
To find out how dinosaurs walked, scientists have been sticking fake tails on chickens
From 1913 to 1915, parents in the US could mail their kids through the postal service
Boanthropy is the psychological disorder of someone who believes they are a cow
Your smartphone is more powerful than the space shuttle’s computers
A group of ferrets is called a business
The startup music for Windows 95 was composed on a Mac
Giraffes with dark spots are more dominant than those with light spots
Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939
Slugs like beer
In some parts of China, police replaced guard dogs with geese
One of Samsung’s first product was dried fish
Some dinosaur noises in Jurassic Park were made from recordings of mating tortoises
Australian drivers in Queensland can get an emoji on their car plate
Men whose age ends in 9 are most prone to cheat
Grapes catch fire in the microwave
Alligators have permanently erect penises
Cows tell each other how they feel
It used to be common for men to wear high heels
In California, the word people most often google how to spell is “beautiful”
Russian soldiers were not always wearing socks until 2013
Nintendo existed at the same time as the Ottoman Empire
3.8 million trees are cut down every year in China to make disposable chopsticks
The Beatles use the word “love” a total of 613 times in their songs
The Olympic Games’ torch relay is originally a Nazi idea
Before 1977, tourists were allowed to climb the stones at Stonehenge
Men are more likely than women to die when attempting suicide
There are hundreds of dead bodies on Mount Everest. Some of them are used by climbers as indicators for directions.
China owns nearly all of the pandas in the world. They rent them out for about $1 million a year.
A building in Japan has a highway passing through its 5th, 6th and 7th floors
The greatest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69
Women are more productive at warmer temperatures. The opposite is true for men.
The toothbrush was invented in 1498 in China
The weeks leading up to Christmas are the most common time for couples to break up according to their Facebook status
Walruses can sleep while floating in water
There was no clear word for the colour orange until the 16th century
People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year
There are creatures on Earth with red, blue, green, and yellow blood
Snails have thousands of teeth
Koalas hug trees to keep cool
Jeff Bezos is so rich that spending $1.1 million to him is like spending $1 to an average American
28 percent of delivery drivers have taken food from a customer’s order
You’d have to click the mouse 10 million times to burn one calorie
People literally sitting outside a box come up with more ideas than those sitting inside it
Neil Armstrong’s poop is still on the Moon
Scientists can turn peanut butter into diamonds
Novice drivers do more errors when listening to a favourite song while driving than they do with unfamiliar music
The longest nipple hair ever recorded was 17 cm long and belonged to a man in Italy
More than 97% of clothing sold in the US is not made in the US
Parts of Canada have lower gravity
Cheese triggers the same part of the brain as addictive drugs
Phones are dirtier than toilet seats
In Singapore, connecting to someone else’s Wi-Fi is illegal and can be punished with up to 3 years of imprisonment
Female kangaroos have 3 vaginas
Pepsi was at one point the owner of 17 Russian military submarines
Only 5 modern countries were never colonised by Europe
The average American spends about 90% of their time indoors
Global wind speeds have been declining since 1960
Nike’s swoosh logo was purchased in 1971 for $35
50% of people admit writing down tasks they have already done on their to-do list before satisfyingly crossing them off
Romans used tickling as torture, with goats licking feet dipped in saltwater
In 2014, Tinder got its first match in Antarctica
The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of it every day
As a kid, Adolf Hitler wanted to be a priest
Rabbits can smell their dead relatives in the faeces of predators
Scientists have found evidence of take-out restaurants in the remains of Pompeii
Self-driving cars play Grand Theft Auto to learn how to drive better
William Bullock, inventor of the web rotary press, was killed by his own invention
86% of women in the US are turned off if their date has a cracked phone screen
McDonald’s has a ski-through restaurant in Sweden
There is a town in Michigan called “Hell”
The Dutch village of Giethoorn has canals and footbridges instead of streets and roads
Kellogg’s All-Bran is only 87% bran
There is a giant statue of Jesus in Poland that serves as a Wi-Fi antenna
Coconut water can be used as an intravenous drip instead of saline
Left-handed people tend to live shorter lives because almost everything is designed for right-handed people
Kiwi birds are losing their sight
People eat 10 million cats every year
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes were originally thought as a product to prevent masturbation
Trees can send secret warning signals to other trees about incoming insect attacks
A space suit costs 12 million US dollars
During World War II, British soldiers were given a ration of 3 sheets of toilet paper a day, while American soldiers received 22
In the age of the dinosaurs, a day lasted no more than 23 hours
Neil Armstrong’s boots are still in space
The sight of meat calms men down
Some ant species developed agriculture millions of years before we did, and live on mushrooms that they cultivate themselves
Drinking too much grape soda will make your poop turn blue
Steve Jobs chose the name Apple because it would be placed before Atari in the phone book
Sea otters have pockets in their skin where they keep food and rocks for crushing seashells
Pablo Escobar cheated at Monopoly with his kids, hiding extra money ahead of time where he planned to sit
In the 18th century, you could pay your ticket to the London zoo by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions
There are so many varieties of apples that it would take over 20 years to taste them all if you ate one every day
There are 71 streets in Atlanta that have “peachtree” in their name
From 1945 to 1947, a rooster named Mike lived 18 months without a head
Money shaped like knives was used in China 2500 years ago
Nearly all phones in Japan are waterproof, because Japanese women like to use them in the shower
There is a city called “Batman” in Turkey
There is a basketball court above the courtroom of the US Supreme Court
There are almost 10,000 benches in Central Park
Colgate used to sell candles
Airplanes fly slower today than they did in the past
France didn’t stop executing people by guillotine until 1977
Some species of starfish can regenerate a whole body from a single arm
Each day 6,000,000 US dollars are shredded and turned into compost
Cities with a higher number of Walmart stores tend to have higher crime rates
Many lipsticks contain fish scales
Grey whales often mate in threesomes
UPS trucks save 38 million litres of gas every year by avoiding left turns
The world’s shortest escalator is located in Kawasaki, Japan
The housefly hums in the key of F
There are kosher sex toys made just for Jews
In Wisconsin, it’s legal for children of any age to drink alcohol in a bar
The very first game of basketball was played with a football
The oldest known customer complaint was written on a clay tablet 4000 years ago in Mesopotamia
A donut-shaped planet is technically possible
Prisoners are more likely to be granted parole after a lunch break
Thanks to high-resolution flat-screen TVs, dogs are able to see TV screens as well as humans
A banana is actually a berry
The average person will spend a year of their life looking for misplaced items
How much boobs weigh in animals
We hold 0.2 mg of gold inside us
A spa house in Japan is offering ramen noodle baths
It snows metals on planet Venus
One football pitch of forest was lost every second in 2017
There are 300,000 items in the average American home
Our eyes are closed for roughly 10% of our waking hours
You are more likely to remember something you’ve written in blue ink than something you’ve written in black ink
The most frequently used password is 123456
3:44 AM is the most common time to wake up at night
Wine glasses are seven times larger than they used to be
Cows that are called by name produce 258 litres more milk per year than those who aren’t
In some countries, people sneakily stick fish to each other’s backs on April 1
The penis needs 130 ml of blood to stiffen
Before the can opener was invented, people used chisels and hammers
“Hello” didn’t become a greeting until the telephone arrived
If everyone on the planet consumed as much as the average US citizen, four Earths would be needed to sustain them
Gold is edible
Cleaning the house is as harmful for the health as smoking one pack of cigarettes
All of the Nutella sold in a year could be spread over more than 1,000 football fields
Apple had its own clothing line in 1986
Astronauts can vote from space
The world’s longest pedal-powered tandem bicycle has 52 seats
A pencil has the potential to draw a line 56 km long
Whales can get a tan too
We fart ½ litres gas of fart every day
Photographer Kevin Abosch sold a photograph of a potato for over $1,000,000
The facial expressions of Lego characters are getting angrier over the years
Prehistoric Britons used human skulls as cups
Happy pizza is a pizza sold in Cambodia topped with marijuana
Flamingos can drink near-boiling water
A can of diet coke will float in water, while a can of regular coke will sink
The space suits for the Moon landing were made by a lingerie brand
Women cry 3-6 times more than men
One hamburger may contain meat from 100 different cows
On a timeline, the T-Rex is closer to humans than it is to the Stegosaurus
Vatican City has a population of 2 popes per 1 square kilometre
Being a bad driver is partially a genetic trait
Ancient Egyptians played bowling 5,000 years ago
The man who invented pop-up ads has officially apologised to the world
Babies have 95 more bones than adults
There is more alcohol in mouthwash than in wine
There is a town in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Fanta was created in Nazi Germany due to difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup during World War 2
People may fart a lot after they’re dead
Machine-spun cotton candy was invented by a dentist
If you lose your thumb, surgeons can replace it with your big toe
400 million years ago, the Earth was covered with giant mushrooms that were 8 metres tall
IKEA sells a Billy bookcase every 5th second
The current US flag was designed by a high school student for a class project
If the Earth were the size of a grain of sand, the Sun would be the size of a tennis ball
An octopus actually has 6 arms and 2 legs, not 8 legs
The Harvard University Library has several books bound in human skin
A teaspoon of honey is the life work of 12 bees
There are only 14 possible calendar configurations. You can reuse your 2013 calendar in 2019.
Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like with fingerprints
Eating chocolate could improve your math skills
Santa Claus received 670 votes in the 2012 US presidential election
Russia and America are less than 4 km apart at the nearest point
You are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day of the year
Ketchup was sold as medicine for digestive disorders in the 1830s
An average person produces 25,000 litres of saliva in a lifetime, the equivalent of 2 swimming pools
Women’s voices have deepened 23 Hz over the past five decades
Coca-Cola is used as a pesticide by farmers in India, since it’s cheaper and gets the job done
A woman’s left boob is usually bigger than the right
On Jupiter it sometimes rains diamonds
McDonalds used to sell pizza in the 70s
If a car could drive up, it would take an hour to get to space
The first computer mouse was made of wood
Most people can hear the difference between hot and cold water when poured, just by the sound it makes
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other hand at the same time
Rabbit vision is almost 360º
Humans put a man on The Moon before they put wheels on luggage
“Ciao!” means “I’m your slave”
Six 2×4 Lego bricks can be combined in 915,103,765 different ways
Selfies kill more people than sharks