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

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The Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be in Barcelona, Spain, but the project was rejected for being too 'expensive and strange'.

James

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Psychopaths comprise about 1% of the general population, but make up an estimated 21% of CEOs in the United States.

James

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Originally, the word "dashboard" referred to the wooden board attached to the front of carriages that prevented mud and rocks from being 'dashed' onto passengers by the horses that pulled them.

James

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If it takes you less than five minutes to fall asleep at night, you’re likely sleep-deprived. Ideally, falling asleep should take 10 to 15 minutes.

James

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Every two minutes, people take more photos than were taken throughout the entire 19th century.
 

James

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"umop apisdn" is "upside down" spelled upside down using different letters of the alphabet.

Yeah, useless  ?

James

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Oreo has to call the white center 'creme' instead of 'cream' because the FDA doesn't allow manufacturers to use the word 'cream' to describe food that doesn't have any cream in it.

James

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In 1692, you'd qualify as a witch if:

– You are female
– You are poor
– You are rich
– You have female friends
– You're married with few (or no) kids
– You have moles/birthmarks
– You've had unmarried sex


James

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Robin Williams accepted $75,000, rather than his typical fee of about $8 million, for his role as the Genie in "Aladdin" because he wanted to "leave something wonderful behind" for his children.

James

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The average human yawns approximately 240,000 times in a lifetime.

James

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In Wisconsin, children are legally allowed to consume alcohol at any age as long as they're with a parent or legal guardian.

James

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In complete darkness, we see a specific color called "Eigengrau," which is a shade of dark gray.

James

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The world's tallest, largest and oldest trees are all located in California.

James

 

ps:I'm OK with tallest and largest, but oldest???

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Without bats, we wouldn't have tequila. Tequila comes from the agave plant, which they pollinate.

James

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When Crystal Pepsi came out, Coca-Cola released a competing product called 'Tab Clear.' But, Tab Clear was intentionally marketed poorly so it would fail and hurt Pepsi's product by association. This is the "born to die" strategy and within six months, both campaigns were dead.

James

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Prince, Michael Jackson, and Madonna were all born in the Great Lakes region in 1958. They were all born within two months of each other.

James

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A female rabbit is called a doe. Baby bunnies are called kittens!

James

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Apanthropy: An aversion to spending time with other people; a love of solitude.

James

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Your brain replays some of your memories while you sleep to consolidate them and store them long-term.

James

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Before electricity, theaters would use heated calcium oxide (commonly known as quicklime), to illuminate their stages. This is where the phrase "in the limelight" comes from.

James

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Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same types of storms. They're given different names depending on where they appear.

James

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Pirates wore eye patches to have one eye adjusted for the top deck, and the other already adjusted for the darkness when going below deck.

James

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Before Thomas Edison invented the electric light in 1879, most people slept ten hours each night.

James

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NASA has two satellites chasing each other around Earth, tracking the distance between them to measure gravitational anomalies. Their nicknames are Tom & Jerry.

James

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Spicy is not a taste because it’s not produced by taste buds. It's a pain sensation produced by your nerve receptors.

James