Fascinating Facts That Will Expand Your Mind
Nathan Johnson
Published
02/25/2016
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What is there not to enjoy about having a wealth of strange and weird information?
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After winter passes, you can see sunken ships at the bottom of Lake Michigan from the sky. -
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There's actually a laser procedure to change one's eye color from brown to blue. -
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One-third of Italians have never actually used the Internet. -
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Regular old house cats share 95.6% of their DNA with tigers. -
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Finland has more heavy metal bands per capita than any other country in the world. Who knew the Finnish were so hardcore? -
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Women in ancient Rome thought that wearing the sweat of gladiators would improve their complexion. -
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Google owns many domains to cover mistypes such as: Gooogle, Gogle, Googel, and even 466453. -
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Scientists think that cats are afraid of water because their ancestors didn't live near the water, and therefore never learned how to swim. -
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Venezuela's name comes from the Italian word "Veneziola" (little Venice). Explorer Amerigo Vespucci saw Venezuela, and the houses there reminded him of Venice. -
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Steven Spielberg completed his degree about 33 years after dropping out. He used Schindler's List as his final project. -
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Fortune cookies are not a traditional Chinese custom -- they were actually invented in San Francisco. -
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Russians take guns into space to protect themselves against bears if they land in an undesirable location on their way back to Russia. -
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Honey is the only food that will never rot. It can crystallize, but if kept in perfect conditions it can last for literally thousands of years. -
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California uses prison inmates to fight forest fires. -
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Germany was the first country ever to implement Daylight Saving Time. The strategy was used to save energy during World War II. -
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If you start a conversation in Facebook Messenger and type @fbchess. you can play chess with a friend. -
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On the Titanic, there was a stash of binoculars inside of a locker. Unfortunately, the key was lost -- maybe if they'd had them, they would have been able to see the iceberg. -
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YouTube star Grumpy Cat earned more than Gwyneth Paltrow in 2014. -
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The average person unlocks his or her smartphone 110 times each day -- bet you didn't think your checking that much, did you? -
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Here's a particularly harsh but true fact: In China, women who remain unmarried into their late 20s and beyond are called "Sheng nu" which means "leftover women." -
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Most of a sperm whale's head is filled with a fatty, yellow tissue called "junk." -
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There's a city in Brazil called "Nao-Me-Toque," which means "Don't Touch Me." -
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A group of giraffes is technically called a tower.
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