"When Abe Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, it was thanks to the tireless efforts of a magazine editor named Sarah Josepha Hale. She also wrote the nursery rhyme, “Mary had a Little Lamb.”"
"Brides normally stand on the left of the Groom at a wedding so that his sword hand is free to defend against any other suitors. "
"The human starvation response is unique among all other animals in that our brains don’t require the ingestion of glucose to function, thereby giving us a prolonged high cognitive function and mobility in the face of starvation for weeks without breaking down skeletal muscles."
"Each one of the 10,154 Pipes of the Grand Organ in the Sydney Opera House are named. "
"In 1992, actor Bob Denver revived his “Gilligan’s Island” character and was “rescued” from his island by a group of children as part of a fund-raiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Denver, who played Gilligan on the 1960s television show, dressed in his old costume to help raise money."
"By using astronomy, we have guessed the date that Odysseus took back the throne of Ithaca as described in Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’: April 16th, 1178 B.C."
"After numerous complaints about the sometimes vicious creatures, New York City authorities finally banned organ grinder monkeys from the streets in 1887. s"
"The bakery responsible for starting the Great Fire of London apologized for doing so, in 1986. "
"McDonald’s didn’t register “McDonalds.com” and had to donate to a school to get the domain from the Wired magazine writer who registered it in 1994. "
"In the 17th century in the Netherlands, there was a tulip flower bubble that allowed tulip traders to earn the equivalent of almost $62,000 USD a month. "
"Arnold Schwarzenegger was already a self-made millionaire at 22 years of age, before appearing in his first movie. He used what he learned in school to invest his bodybuilding contest winnings in real estate and to market gym equipment and exercise supplements."
"Dogs will sometimes fake being sick to get attention. "
"There are an insect called “Velvet Ant” that is actually a wingless wasp. "
"Ayapaneco, an indigenous language in southern Mexico, was on the brink of extinction because the only 2 native speakers refused to talk to each other."
"Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer. "
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