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The gender-neutral term for 'niece' or 'nephew' is 'nibling,' just like the gender-neutral term for 'brother' or 'sister' is 'sibling'.

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When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
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Twitter's logo is named 'Larry' after NBA Hall of Fame player, Larry Bird.

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"Phantom Vibration Syndrome," a condition in which people falsely believe their cell phone is vibrating in their pocket, affects an estimated nine out of ten people.

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Kim Jong-un travels with a personal toilet to prevent his excretions from falling into the wrong hands.


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Qatar is the only country that begins with a Q. Iraq is the only country that ends with one.

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More than 350 years after the Catholic Church forced Galileo Galilei to recant his theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun, it declared he was right in 1992.

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In 1973, a bank was robbed in Sweden, sparking a six-day standoff during which many of the hostages at the bank became sympathetic to their captors and hostile toward the authorities.  That bank was located in the city of Stockholm, and the episode was the origin of the term “Stockholm syndrome” for the (rare) phenomenon of some victims developing positive feelings toward an abuser or a captor.

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‘The Wizard of Oz’ was released on August 25th, 1939. 83 years ago!

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45% of Americans admit to having worn the same pair of underwear for two or more days in a row, according to a 2019 survey. Men are 2.5 times more likely than women to keep the same pair on for a week.

Ok, this is gross! Don't do it!

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Reese's Pieces don't contain any chocolate!

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Queen is the only band in the world where every member has written at least three number one songs. The whole band is in the "Songwriter's Hall of Fame".

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If you're convicted of a crime in North Korea and sentenced to a prison camp, your family goes too.

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The dizzy feeling you get when you stand up too fast is called 'orthostatic hypotension'.

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There’s a cemetery in the Netherlands that holds 8,300 US veterans who died in WWII. For the last 70 years, Dutch families have visited the cemetery every Sunday to care for a grave they adopted. Hundreds of people are on a waiting list to become caretakers.

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The 8-hour workday was adopted so people could evenly divide the 24 hours in a day. "Eight hours' labour, Eight hours' recreation, Eight hours' rest".

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King Charles I began his reign as King of England in 1625
King Charles II began his reign in 1660
King Charles III began his reign in 2022

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You don't need a state driver's license to be a NASCAR driver.

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Ancient Egyptian tablets explain why people missed work 3,200 years ago. Common excuses for absence include 'brewing beer' and 'his wife was bleeding'.

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Broccoli is a human-made food. Humans began selectively breeding wild cabbage plants around the 6th century BC, and broccoli is the result.

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The rarest blood type in the world is Rh-null blood; also known as "golden blood". It's only been identified in 43 people during the last 50 years.

If you want to read more about it, here's an interesting link.

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In Denmark, starting pay at McDonald’s is about $22 an hour. Workers get life insurance, maternity leave, a pension, and six weeks of paid vacation each year.

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Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.

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Mathematicians have concluded that it's statistically impossible for vampires to exist because they would decimate the human population within three years.

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The "M's" in "M&M's" refer to Mars and Murrie, the surnames of the two men who created them.

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Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" has no profanity in it because Stevie Wonder wouldn't allow profanity in a song that sampled his work.

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When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2

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