"There is a spacecraft called JUNO headed toward Jupiter that contains 3 LEGO figures. The figures represent Galileo, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno. "
"There are volcanoes in Saudi Arabia. The last time one erupted there was way back in 1256 AD , and it lasted for 52 days."
“The Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War was lost due to Tootsie Rolls. A code reader mistook the code for mortar shells (“snacks”, they were called), and literally sent hundreds of crates of Tootsie Rolls to the marines who were out of mortar rounds. “
"An armless man holds the record for the longest and most accurate shot with a bow. He hit a target at 230 yards away."
"The city of Boston had more people living in it in 1950 (801,444) than it does now (653,833)."
"Studies have shown that the fable “The boy who cried wolf” doesn’t have much of an affect when it comes to honesty in children. However, the story about “George Washington and the Cherry Tree” that rewards honesty does."
"You can Tweet from the top of Mt. Everest because there is 3G coverage up there."
"The 2006 FIFA World Cup caused a baby boom in Germany. Birth rates shot up 30% 9 months after the tournament ended."
"When threatened, the Sonoran Coral Snake farts."
"It is assumed that morning sickness is the result of the body protecting the fetus against toxins ingested by the mother."
"After a battle in which Genghis Khan’s horse was shot by an arrow, the leader asked the defeated army who fired the shot at him. When an archer confessed, Genghis appreciated his honesty so much that he made him a general."
"There is a light on top of the Capitol Records building in LA that has been blinking since 1956. It spells out “HOLLYWOOD” in morse code."
"In an effort to ‘move on’ from the name Constantinople, Turkey officially stopped delivering mail labelled to that name in 1930."
"There was a prisoner in the Baltimore City Detention Center who not only accumulated $16,000 in one month off the smuggled contraband, he also managed to get 4 prison guards pregnant."
"While speed limits don’t apply to cyclists in the UK, you may get charged for ‘cycling furiously’."
"Bruce Wayne drives a Lamborghini Murciélago in The Dark Knight. Murciélago is spanish for bat."
"A Scottish man holds the record for ‘longest hangover’. It lasted 4 weeks and occurred after a bender in which he drank 60 pints."
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