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

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Wind chimes are made from the metallic bones of robots that tried to overthrow us. Hang them outside your house as a warning to others.

James

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The average person showers for eight minutes.

James

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If The Earth were the size of a grain of sand, the Sun would be the size of a tennis ball.

James

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It takes about 20 minutes for your brain to realize your stomach is full.

James

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The International Space Station is closer to Earth than San Francisco is to Los Angeles.

James

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The enjoyment of spicy foods, roller coasters, and depressing music is known as "benign masochism". We feel a sense of pleasure from initially negative experiences that our brain falsely interprets as threatening.

James

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Wisconsin’s nickname is the Badger State, but it’s not named after the little animal, as you might have thought. Wisconsin was dubbed the Badger State because of the lead miners who first settled there in the 1820s and 1830s. Without shelter in the winter, they had to "live like badgers" in tunnels burrowed into hillsides.

James

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A mountain lion, puma, cougar, and panther are all the same animal.

James

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If you drilled a tunnel straight through Earth and jumped in, it would take you about 38 minutes to get from one side to the other.

What about the fire in the center?
if I go in feet first, will I come out head first?
Will I lose momentum and just be stuck in the middle?

James

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We have fossil records for less than 1% of all species that have ever lived.

James

ps:Really?????

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It's estimated that humans can have up to 150 social relationships, but only five close friends.

James

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Your very existence is a miracle. When you combine the chances of your ancestors reaching reproductive age, maintaining a continuous lineage, and your parents meeting/successfully reproducing — the odds of your birth were nearly zero.

James

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Oklahoma is the only state to have an official state meal. It consists of chicken-fried steak, biscuits with sausage and gravy, cornbread, corn, fried okra, barbecue pork, squash, grits, and strawberries.

James

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Humans are 99.9% genetically identical to every other person. So, we're only .1% unique.

James

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Drinking watermelon juice before working out can reduce muscle soreness and the amount of time it takes for your heart rate to recover.

James

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Your face turns red when you're angry because your heart beats faster to send more blood to your muscles, preparing you for a fight..

James

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In the USA, approximately 1,700 become millionaires every day!

James

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The saying 'Great minds think alike' is actually the shortened version of a longer quote: "Great minds think alike, though fools seldom differ".

James

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Tears triggered by sadness, happiness, and onions all look different under a microscope.

James

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Every 100 years, the Earth's day gets about 1.4 milliseconds longer.

James

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The feeling that you’ve experienced an event in real life before is called "déjà vu".

James

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A person is a "Jr." if they're named after their father, but a II (second) if they take the name from someone else in the family.

James

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Too much stress causes parts of your brain to freeze and temporarily shut down.

James

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Nearly 40% of US adults think there will be an apocalyptic disaster in their lifetime.

James

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In the early 1900s, cigars were common carnival prizes, giving rise to the phrase "close, but no cigar" for those who almost won.

James