Here's your (not so) totally useless fact(s) of the day:

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Stomach rumblings are caused by air moving through your digestive tract and doesn’t always mean you are hungry.

James

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It snowed in the Sahara Desert for 30 minutes on February 18, 1979.

James

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Employees at Molson Coors get three free cases of beer each month, in addition to having access to beer and cider on location after a work day.

James

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Vernor’s Ginger Ale is the oldest soda still being sold. It was created by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor in 1866.

James

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Carrots can turn you orange. If you eat three large carrots a day for several weeks, the increased beta-carotene in your blood could turn your skin orange.

James

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7% of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. That works out to 16.4 million people.

James

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The first roller coaster was used to transport coal down a hill. After people found that it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists asked to ride on it for a few cents.

James

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At its peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s, America Online (AOL) distributed free trial CDs so aggressively that half of all compact discs produced globally carried their logo.

James