Random Facts

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You learn something new everyday.

Chapter 1

MIND WILL BE BLOWN

by: ANGELxo
In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.
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You can't tickle yourself because your brain distinguished between unexpected external touch and your own touch.
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Coca-Cola can be used to help cure jellyfish stings.
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If you wanted to say "HELLO" to everyone on the planet, you would have to learn at least 2,796 languages and greet at least 7,000,000,000 people.
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This year $310 million has been spent on Halloween costumes for pets.
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More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
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The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
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By reading this sentence you have lost 25,000,000 cells. Don't worry your body just made 300 billion more.
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Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle
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If you're typical, you can guess someone's sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.
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The IKEA Catalog is the 3rd most printed publication in the world after the Bible and Harry Potter.
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The most expensive bra is the Red Hot Fantasy Bra that is made by Victoria's Secret. It is worth $15 million.
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If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
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Fatal hilarity is death as a result of laughter.
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You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
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A woman spends an average of 2 years of her life time looking at herself in the mirror; a man spends 6 months.
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If all the people in china would stand on a chair and jump down at the same time,it would knock the earth of the axis.
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China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make ‘em.
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A Rubik's Cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible configurations.
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You can marry a dead person in France.
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In 2007, a Chinese couple tried to name their child "@."
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Angelina Jolie has been naked in 13 films.
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The word "politics" describes the process so well: "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures."
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A Vietnamese man slept next to his dead wife's body for five years.
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The murder rate for an American prostitute is 204 for every 100,000, making it the most dangerous job.
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Wrigley’s promoted their new spearmint-flavored chewing gum in 1915 by mailing 4 sample sticks to each of the 1.5 million names listed in US telephone books.
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The record for the most weddings is held by King Mogul of Siam, who had 9000 weddings and 9000 wives.
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In 1740, a cow was executed for being possessed by a devil
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Spinach consumption in the U.S. rose 33% after the Popeye comic strip became a hit in 1931.
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The Bible is the most-shoplifted book in the world.
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The girlfriend of the founder of Match.com dumped him... for a man she met on Match.com!
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century.
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A Malaysian man received a $218 trillion phone bill!
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women
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In ancient Rome the punishment for killing one’s father was to be drowned in a sack along with a viper, a dog, and a rooster
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Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
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A war between Greece and Bulgaria began because a dog crossed their border.
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The oyster is usually ambisexual. Through its life it will change from male to female and back again numerous times.
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Every year more people are killed by donkeys than in aircraft crashes.



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