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Post by dreamer on May 3, 2012 5:40:19 GMT -5
Apollo 11 Astronauts had to fill out a Customs and Immigration Form upon returning to Earth from the Moon.
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Post by dreamer on May 4, 2012 5:40:32 GMT -5
There's a museum in Europe dedicated to showcasing the remains of failed relationships.
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Post by dreamer on May 5, 2012 4:39:54 GMT -5
Chocolate is the one of the most complex foods we know. It contains more than 600 flavor compounds. (Red wine has only 200.)
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Post by dreamer on May 8, 2012 4:49:30 GMT -5
Harvard and MIT have joined to offer free online classes starting Fall 2012.
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Post by dreamer on May 9, 2012 4:20:55 GMT -5
The brain consumes up to twenty percent of the energy used by the human body, more than any other organ.
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Post by dreamer on May 10, 2012 3:46:19 GMT -5
17% of child-related asphyxiation is caused by Hot Dogs.
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Post by dreamer on May 11, 2012 5:54:41 GMT -5
The idea that eating carrots helps you see in the dark was a lie invented by the British Airforce in WW2, in order to explain how British air raids were so successful in the dark without tipping the Germans off on the existence of radar.
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Post by dreamer on May 12, 2012 4:30:30 GMT -5
Bald eagles can swim with their wings.
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Post by dreamer on May 13, 2012 7:19:45 GMT -5
Coca-cola was first invented as a hangover cure.
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Post by dreamer on May 14, 2012 4:38:47 GMT -5
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Post by dreamer on May 15, 2012 5:14:21 GMT -5
86% of people in US federal prisons are there because of victimless crimes.
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Post by dreamer on May 16, 2012 4:29:38 GMT -5
Each dog's nose-print is unique, like a human fingerprint.
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Post by dreamer on May 17, 2012 4:13:17 GMT -5
Mississippi didn't ratify the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, until 1984....64 years after the law was enacted nationally.
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Post by dreamer on May 18, 2012 6:07:02 GMT -5
Street signs are color coded based on whether or not they are city limits. If a sign is green with white lettering, the street is within city limits. If the sign is white with black lettering, it is not.
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Post by dreamer on May 19, 2012 5:48:01 GMT -5
The name "Skid Row" in Los Angeles, is official enough that fire engines and ambulances serving the neighborhood have historically had "Skid Row" emblazoned on their sides.
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Post by dreamer on May 22, 2012 6:07:03 GMT -5
Table Tennis used to be called Whiff-Whaff and was banned in Russia as they believed it was bad for players eyesight.
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Post by dreamer on May 23, 2012 5:11:05 GMT -5
Wal Mart has higher revenue than Norway.
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Post by dreamer on May 24, 2012 5:40:27 GMT -5
A husband and wife each won a lottery by using the lucky numbers from a fortune cookie.
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Post by dreamer on May 25, 2012 5:03:47 GMT -5
Capgras syndrome is a disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.
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Post by dreamer on May 26, 2012 6:52:56 GMT -5
The London Necropolis Railway built two train stations for the sole purpose of transporting bodies to a new cemetery outside of London.
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Post by dreamer on May 27, 2012 7:42:19 GMT -5
On May 27th 1962, a fire started under a Pennsylvania town and it continues to burn 50 years later.
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Post by dreamer on May 28, 2012 5:57:51 GMT -5
Germany has banned untreated household and industry waste from going into landfills, and plans to eliminate the need for landfills by 2020.
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Post by dreamer on May 29, 2012 6:40:36 GMT -5
In true Nevada fashion, Nevada State Prison had a casino for inmates called the Bull Pen.
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Post by dreamer on May 30, 2012 5:46:39 GMT -5
In North Carolina, a 59-year-old man with a clean record held up a bank for $1 with the purpose of being sent to prison and receiving healthcare.
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