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Many weird facts sound so strange that everyone thinks they are fake. However, sometimes, our limited knowledge makes us doubt things that are completely real. Take, for instance, the incredible fact that children are born without kneecaps, and they don't develop them until they turn three years old. Sounds made up, right? Or the interesting choice of Scots' national animal, which is a unicorn? Or the cool fact that moose are great swimmers? Hard to believe, but all of these interesting things are completely true!

If you enjoy strange and sometimes even fake-sounding things to know scroll below to read the list, we here at Bored Panda prepared for you! If anything, memorizing these interesting facts is undoubtedly a fun conversation starter or just a piece of information to show off your incredible knowledge. So scroll down below, and don't forget to tell us which random fact you found the most unbelievable!

#1

Scotland's National Animal

Scotland's National Animal

Scotland's national animal is a unicorn.

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Eunice Probert
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So what? Wales' national animal is a dragon.

Dani
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yeah? North Korea's is a Chollima!

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Christina Sersif
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew there was a reason for the phrase "Great scott!"

Kenny Kulbiski
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that is what a unicorn should look like. Not one of those cutesy cartoon disgrases.

Momo Skarsgård
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's cause it's a statue, but if it was in color it would probably look cutesy like those cartoons. Lmaoo

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Wil Vanderheijden
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Animal is unicorn and flower is thistle. I see a pattern emerging.

Ryo Bakura
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And England's is the Lion. We all know how that nursery rhyme went. Also the war.

Nicki
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More proof that I need to move to Scotland!

Dani
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s not faiiiirrrr!!!

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    #2

    Greenland Shark

    Greenland Shark

    The Greenland shark has an average lifespan of 272 years, some of them can even live as long as 500 years.

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    Ryo Bakura
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandpa shark, do-do-do-do-do-do.

    Alex Bailey
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps you'll get reincarnated as a Greenland shark.

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    PeachPossum
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they know this ... how? Who has been tracking sharks for the last 500 years and can say, "That one over there? He's 432 years old. And that one? He's 371 years old. And that one? He's 209 years old." How do they know? Are they measuring molecular growth rates or something?

    Danielle
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Greenland sharks are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, scientists say. Researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of 28 of the animals, and estimated that one female was about 400 years old. The team found that the sharks grow at just 1cm a year, and reach sexual maturity at about the age of 150."

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    wacky jack 100
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think of all the change in the world that would happen in that amount of time

    jade
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    zombie swimmersssss!!

    Grumble O'Pug
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't they find a whale carcass with a harpoon from the late/middle 19th century (1800's). Cold, lots of oxygen. The ocean is so amazing.

    diane a
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How bored must they get - swimming round and round for 500 years.

    Flash The Cat
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they have parasites on their eyes

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    #3

    Moose Facts

    Moose Facts

    Moose are excellent swimmers. They are born knowing how to swim and can swim 6 miles per hour and has the ability to keep the pace for two hours.

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a moose loose aboot this lake. Doesn't have the same ring to it.

    HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Elephants are also keen swimmers, they have been found miles and miles off the coast.

    Sivi
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Denmark sometimes gets moose from Sweden this way.

    Alexandru Bucur
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, wild boar swim really really well too. About 15 years ago, I saw some wild boar swimming in the Black Sea off the mole of the Tomis Marina, in Constanta, Romania - that's 15km either way up or down the coast from any conceivable place those pigs could have gone in the water, since to the north of Constanta there's the Mamaia resort and a big a*s petrochemical plant (yes, there's a refinery next to the resort, because our crazy dictator wanted tourists to SEE with their own eyes Romania's industrial might... And that's sadly not a joke) and to the south there's Constanta harbour, which, at 3,926 hectares, is the third largest port in Europe by area. And judging form this, it's not a singular occurrence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v3QfJoAQO0

    Frozengeckolover
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. I bet that was cool to see. We have wild boar in America too. They are very good swimmers.

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    Analyn Lahr
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Moose are constantly surprising me. You just don't look at a moose and think "they must be a great swimmer."

    BeesAreCool
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The moose looked like a log for a second

    Mick Fowler
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mooses can feed on underwater vegetation and have nostrils which close underwater. Orcas are known to prey on meese.

    Bill
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Two summers ago a local animal rescue in Maine had an orphaned baby calf. Went and saw her three times.

    Freya the Wanderer
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen a moose swim - more than once.

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    #4

    The Mighty Mantis Shrimp

    The Mighty Mantis Shrimp

    Mantis shrimps can punch with the force of a bullet. They have one of the fastest and the most powerful punches in nature.

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    Grace Robertson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That shrimp looks like a Christmas ornament. A deadly one but so festive

    Smerv
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fa-la-la-la-laa now I'll kill you 🎶

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    PandaLover
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Note to self: DO NOT make a mantis shrimp angry

    Vic
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do not challenge one to a boxing match, either..

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    Stefano Aprea
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can search on YouTube some videos, one made by "slo-motion guys" where they demonstrate that the punch of mantis shrimp is equal to the force of a .22 cal. bullet. amazing!

    Neferpitou
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew about this. I also heard that when they're punching, the water around them starts boiling. I think someone also said they where able to break a glass in the tank they're in, but I'm not sure about that part.

    Tahani
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have seen a video of one doing just that... so trust me they can and do break their tanks!!!

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    Bobbi Newell
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Oatmeal did a fantastic comic about the Mantis Shrimp: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

    Freya the Wanderer
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also have amazing eyesight. Mantis shrimp eyes have sixteen - yes, SIXTEEN - different kinds of cones (color receptors) in their eyes.

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also they can see an impressive number of colours and they are beautiful!

    Valerie Fawn
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hahaha and super googly eyes, wait don't tell the shrimp I said that

    TigerLily Peterson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its neither a mantis nor a shrimp, but a close relative of crabs and lobsters

    Marek Yanchurak
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somewhat true, however the term "shrimp" is not very well defined.

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    Corbin Terry
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forget the falcon punch, MANTIS PUNCH IS WHERE ITS AT!!

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    #5

    Honey Facts

    Honey Facts

    Honey never spoils. It has an excellent chemical composition which prevents organisms from living in it. So no matter how old is the honey it's probably perfectly edible.

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    glowworm2
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can still picture a bunch of archaeologists and scientists daring one another to eat some ancient honey they've discovered during one of their finds.

    EM
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They did find edible honey in some Egyptian tombs. Also, a few years ago, some archeologists found a 12,000 year old mummified bison in Alaska. They then took a little bit off of the shoulder and made soup.

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    Kevin Camp
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    However, the product in the picture is up to 50% corn syrup in America. Buy your honey from local farmers.

    Frozengeckolover
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? I've never seen that here. I usually buy locally anyways.

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    Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *uncontaminated honey never spoils. Honey can however can grow mold, and it is NASTY

    Emily Bowman
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is. Never eat honey with a spoon from a bottle and redip. Our mouth has so many germs and it will make the honey off. It smells terrible when that happens

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    Mare Freed
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It will dry up and crystalize, though. Yet, it's still technically edible that way.

    Frozengeckolover
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If honey crystalizes, apply heat to it. Heat up a bowl of water (not boiling, just hot), put the jar of honey into the water, turn the jar occasionally to get all the honey hot. It turns smooth and liquid again.

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    Barry B. Benson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now that’s what I’m talking about!

    Liesa Yopp
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah bee vomit, tasty and everlasting

    Freya the Wanderer
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In addition, honey is good for minor injuries. Next time you have a cut or a scrape, after cleaning it put honey on it instead of antibacterial cream. Works like magic!

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    #6

    A Pub Argument

    A Pub Argument

    The idea of Guinness Book of Records came to Sir Hugh Beaver in the 1950's when he had an argument in a pub about the fastest game bird in Europe. Since he couldn't find an answer in any of the books, he decided to compile a book of facts and figures to help settle pub arguments just like the one he had.

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    Tor Rolf Strøm
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And here he is seen with the man currently holding the record of looking the most like Hugh Beaver.

    Steve Richardson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except the man in the picture is Norris McWhirter (standing next to his Madame Tusaud's waxwork) who co-founded the book with his brother Ross.

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    Jo Choto
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are the twins Ross and Norris McWhirter who used to co-host a Guinness Book of Records show in the UK (in the '70s I think) with Roy Castle. As a very young child, I had a crush on Ross and was distraught when he died, but his twin Norris kept on going for years after. This is the first time I've seen a picture of them in probably 45 years. Crush over! LOL.

    Agnes Jekyll
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no, listen--they are handsome. I had a crush on everyone on television: the Man from Atlantis, Jacques Cousteau, the man from mutual of omaha's wild kingdom, Bruce Banner

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    Christina Sersif
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if he was having a Guinness while he came up with the idea

    Eunice Probert
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are Alan and Norris McWhirter, twins, who co-founded the book. Alan McWhirter was killed by the IRA.

    My O My
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever noticed that only kids read the book?

    Areez Mehdi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ah yes, the glories of the pub...

    Doglover45
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he couldnt find it in a book cause he hadnt made it yet

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    #7

    All The Trees On Earth

    All The Trees On Earth

    There are a lot more trees on earth than there are stars in the galaxy. NASA estimates that there could be from 100 billion to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The earth has more than 3 trillion trees.

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    N
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not for long tho

    Tiny Dynamine
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't worry. When humans have finished with our own mass extinction, nature will thrive so wonderfully.

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    Penny Anne
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there was a period of time shortly after the first trees appeared on earth, when virtually every piece of land that could support a tree had one on it! Most of the world consisted of a forest so thick you couldn't walk through it or find ground to step on. And this is why there is so much coal under the ground - that's what becomes of trees that fall down and have hundreds of new trees fall on them over many millenia.

    Rafaella Bueno
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't the coal thing because there was a period during which there was no organism capable of decomposing dead trees so the trees just stayed there forever pilling over each other until some new bacteria who could deal with it showed up? I could be wrong, but I think I remember something like that

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    Sardonic Scribe
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And going down in numbers daily. :(

    Desiré Yen
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suppose this doesn't take in deforestation into account 🤔

    Rose
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if deforestation continues

    Christina Sersif
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Key word galaxy. There are an unknown amount of galaxies in the universe so that's why it's possible

    sharron lynn parsons
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would be nice to have all 3 trillion forever !!!

    Tor Rolf Strøm
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, won't be long before they are pretty much all gone, thanks to our complete f**king of the forests.

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    6 years ago

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    yikes
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lmao earth has less trees than the amount of money that america has in national debt

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    #8

    Solar System

    Solar System

    Every planet of the whole solar system can fit between the earth and the moon.

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    Vicky Zar
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only because Pluto was "banned".

    Alexandru Bucur
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, no, you could comfortably fit in Pluto, Charon, and all the other Trans-Neptunian Objects ( Haumea, Makemake, Quaoar, Sedna, etc) in there, since you still have some 8,000 km to play with, and Pluto, the biggest one, is only 1,188 km across, about 600 km smaller than the Moon... The other objects wouldn't even be visible in the picture at this scale.

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    Iris
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did not believed it at first, but I guess it's true. Honestly I thought that the moon was a lot closer to us.

    Loretta
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait,is that ACTUALLY TRUE???

    Dani
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would NOT have guessed this to be true!

    Ryo Bakura
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Excuse me, but where are the rings that are supposed to be around Uranus and Neptune? No crude jokes, you lot, or you'll find yourselves in a hole!

    Froganit Gamesy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and then we could drive to the moon

    Alexandra
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    dangggg jupiter and saturn are pretty thicc too

    Marzipanda
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only if Saturn takes off her ring first! A tight fit otherwise: 241,060 mi. combined diameters vs. 225,623 mi. (perigee) to 252,088 mi. (apogee) distance to moon. Now put those planets back where you found them.

    Kenny Kulbiski
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know that. Now I need to figure out how to bring it up in a conversation.

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    #9

    LEGO Facts

    LEGO Facts

    The biggest tire manufacturer in the world is Lego. The company makes more than 50% more tires than other tire manufacturers such as Bridgestone or Goodyear.

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is wheely unbelievable.

    Corbin Terry
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    @Ayomide Are you going to send us to the pun-geon?

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    Smerv
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lego must be the smallest tire manufacturer too

    Kristy P
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually knew that... there's a show on Netflix called "The Toys That Made Us" and they had a whole episode about Lego:-) Great show!

    A B C
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mileage may vary, though

    Erin Sheppard
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes, but they're REALLY small and you curse when you step on them.

    CheeseOnToast
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That will make a great quiz question.

    Areez Mehdi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, this really wheeled me over

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    #10

    A Group Of Ferrets

    A Group Of Ferrets

    A group of ferrets is called a business.

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    Andres Tejeda
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ferrets are great little pets and really do live up to their latin namesake: robber. They will steal almost anything they can get their little paws on.

    Pug Pug
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trust me, having 3 ferrets was a business. I had to Promote one to head thief, then Move one to HR to train then new one, then sell the product from under/in the couch back to my self...

    Troux
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another hardly believable fact about ferrets: Beoing used to employ them to build aircraft! Ferrets just love getting into tight places, so when you need wires run down a long, narrow section of conduit, just tie them to a ferret and let them go!

    Pug Pug
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read articles on why they were brought over to the united states to run wires through pipes. Hunt moles on farm land. Some people even used them to help set up stage rigging's. Spy on the farmers wife while shes with the farm hand and report back with detailed notes. They were brought over and put to work. All but one of those is true.

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    glowworm2
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adorable. Other odd animal group names: A murder of crows, a parliament of owls and a fluffle of bunnies.

    Nadja Lambacher
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a congress of baboons and clowder of cats ^^

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    jade
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im going to name my business ferrets.

    Claire Shamgochian
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A group of rats is called a mischief - there is nothing that suits them more (right now one of my rats is sleeping in a place she SHOULDN'T be, but she is too cute to wake up)

    Charlotte Dupre
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is what i like the most about the english language how you name animal groups

    Pug Pug
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trust me, having 3 ferrets was a business. I had to Promote one to head thief, then Move one to HR to train then new one, then sell the product from under/in the couch back to my self.....

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    #11

    Cheetah Facts

    Cheetah Facts

    Cheetahs can't roar, instead, they make a sound very similar to the house cat.

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    glowworm2
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, Cheetahs can meow--and they sound like they are reading off of cue cards.

    Alexandru Bucur
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's because most cats belonging to the genus Panthera (tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard but NOT snow leopard) have an elongated and specially adapted larynx and hyoid, which allows them to roar, but prevents them from doing other cat noises like purring. All other genera of the Felidae family, including house cats (and the snow leopard, even though it still belongs to the genus Panthera), have normal larynges, which allow them to purr and do a variety of noises, but not roar.

    Aunt Messy
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mountain lions are the biggest of the purring cats...and if you hear that sound when you're hiking, go far, far away from there. To them, you are protein on the hoof.

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    Zaheen Muhammad
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recently realised how exceptionally beautiful Cheetahs look. Every accent of the black they've got on their skin is absolutely neat, be it the spots or the tear lines.

    Vic
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watching a cheetah run is an amazing sight..

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    Eric Lambrecht
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel bad for them- imagen them facing a lion. The lion sounds WAY tougher

    Jo Choto
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also do not have retractable claws like cats do. They have claws just like dogs that are out all the time.

    Tahani
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they are so adorable when they meow!

    Rhon
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also purr faster than they can run! Sounding like a kid running a stick along a school fence! Gorgeous creatures

    Bobbi Newell
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meow: https://youtu.be/0tmCIsSpvC8

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    #12

    Teeth Facts

    Teeth Facts

    Teeth can reattach to their roots after being knocked out if they are put back into their place.

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    BrokenFlame
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the dentist did that for me once, it hurt like a mother trucker

    Kate Barton
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mother trucker that hurt like a butt cheek on a stick

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    Christina Sersif
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's really neat. Kind of like uprooting a plant

    Valerie Fawn
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah, put it in a glass of milk to keep alive longer

    Areez Mehdi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, not so shingly painless are you now teeth?

    Nikki Ferguson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my kid snapped one of his front teeth at night. Put the chip straight into a plastic container of milk and took him to the dentist the next morning. She bonded it back on and you wouldn't even know it happened

    Eric Lambrecht
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But wouldn't you have to hold in in place? How long does it take?

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    #13

    The Cashew Tree

    The Cashew Tree

    Cashews are collected from the bottom of cashew apple which grows on the cashew tree.

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    SarahofBorg
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the fruit and nut are also is covered in a poison similar to poison ivy.

    ravina nimje
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its not poison, its more intense oily substance which can cause irritation, and that gives fruits pungent and sharp taste.

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    JillVille
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But is the fruit edible too? After the poison is removed - that is.

    Vic
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes it's quite yummy. Can be had with a little salt as well. The apple is crushed and had a juice, which has a cooling effect on the body. It is considered to be good during summers. It's not poison it is sort of a resin that is in the inner layer of the nuts shell.

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    Beatrice Alighieri
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fruit is actually what's called the "nut", and the meaty part is called the cashew apple. The species is originally native to northeastern Brazil (where I'm from) and the cashew apple is widely consumed fresh, raw, in juices, ice cream - or in marmalades and jams. The nut, indeed, cannot be consumed raw and it's always roasted. I absolutely love it in all its forms! <3 There's even a Museum dedicated to Cashew in the northeastern state of Ceará (https://web.facebook.com/pg/MuseuDoCaju/photos/?ref=page_internal) caju-5c8a8...ae9fa5.jpg caju-5c8a8deae9fa5.jpg

    Beatrice Alighieri
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More on cashews (I *really love them! lol): "The true fruit of the cashew tree is a kidney or boxing-glove shaped drupe that grows at the end of the cashew apple. The drupe develops first on the tree, and then the pedicel expands to become the cashew apple. Within the true fruit is a single seed, which is often considered a nut, in the culinary sense." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew

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    Dani
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait what?! Why didn’t I know this???? This isn’t real. This CANT be real!!

    GABRIEL HICKNER
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does this remind you of anything? :)

    Areez Mehdi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no wonder we become "nuts" when we see a tree, probably because we had a serving of cashew nuts, pretty expensive tho?

    Danardo Brown
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My whole life. Has been...a lie🥺

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    #14

    IKEA Catalog

    IKEA Catalog

    Ikea’s catalog is as popular as the Bible and the Koran. More than 203 million copies of the catalog are distributed around the globe.

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    Troux
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't call that popularity, I would call that spam mail.

    Reilly Beryll
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The religion of IKEA: based around the idea that you yourself must fit the pieces together to learn and form bonds.

    earringnut
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drink this gooseberry juice for it is my blood.

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    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Have you heard the Good News?” IKEA has more believable content than both combined. Ektorp sofas have saved more people than Jesus.

    Alex
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the name of the Screwdriver, and of the Hammer, and of the Assembly's Manual.

    John Montgomery
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's way more useful than those other two.

    Sveta Smirnova
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... and when there's a mistake at least they correct it.

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    Susan L. Miller
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Bible and Koran don't have meatballs...

    yikes
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its a religion what can i say

    Gonzalo Terán
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least the things in the catalog are actually real.

    Alexandru Bucur
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, I knew it Jesus should have just kept working at that carpentry business of his...

    Master Markus
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since Jesus doesn't do any carpentry in the Gospels I am fully convinced that he was a slacker.

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    #15

    Origins Of Nintendo

    Origins Of Nintendo

    Nintendo was founded more than 100 years ago, in 1889. The Japanese gaming company began operating as a card game business and slowly turned into a brand we know today.

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    Lizzie the Crayon
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anyone still know what an N64 is?

    Momo Skarsgård
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes I still have one along with Ocarina of time.

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    Bored Fox
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also the Nintendo Labo was not Nintendo's first cardboard crafting kit. Nintendo made some sets where people could build different buildings from cardboard long before the company started making video games.

    GABRIEL HICKNER
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From card games to video games. . . Who knew?

    Kururi.Orihara
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn I didn't know they were that old! Now I want some of the card decks.

    Bill
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And "love hotels" in the 1970s and early 80s

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    #16

    Source Of Fire

    Source Of Fire

    The lighter was invented before the match was.

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    Alexandru Bucur
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course - after all, the lighter is just an automated version of bit of flint striking steel, which as THE preferred method for lighting fires for thousands of years. The first automated lighter was derived from the wheel-lock musket when the latter appeared around 1500 and was simply a toothed wheel driven by clockwork rotates against bit of flint to create sparks. You could also add a bit of gunpowder as an accelerator. Unfortunately, they were very expensive, so only nobles got to have them until 1823, when Döbereiner "Feuerzeug" tabletop lighter was invented, a hilariously complicated and unsafe mechanism containing zinc and sulphuric acid to make hydrogen which then reacts with a platinum metal sponge to create a flame... Frankly, I'm not sure that one was an improvement...

    Dianna Siever
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    6 years ago

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you know who invented the lighter? Some bright spark.

    EM
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oils (such as whale oil) was being used before phosphorus was discovered.

    Valerie Fawn
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the can invented before the can opener

    Reilly Beryll
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently, the first lighter was made using a specially crafted gun. After all, a “lighter” is anything that sets something alight.

    noitall man
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe, but when were blunts invented?

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    #17

    Human Bones

    Human Bones

    Humans are born without kneecap bones, we only develop them around the age of 3.

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess we don't really knee-d them. I'm here all week. Tip your wait staff.

    Corbin Terry
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *gets a piece of paper and tears it* wow these puns are tear-able

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    Jo Choto
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not exactly true. There are a lot of more cartilaginous substances in babies that harden into normal bone as they get older. It's not like they just have an empty space instead of a kneecap.

    Valerie Lessard
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    get momentarily freaked out by those masks on the wall

    Slune
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are Kabuki mask. Used in classic Japanese theatre

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    Alexandra
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i mean this one kinda makes sense. it doesnt sound that fake

    Major Houlihan Bear
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Embryo legs 'kneeded' to be bent and spacesaving as possible so it didn't hurt the mom TOO much. Good choice nature

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    The Random Merp
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This way, babies can't have their nico nico kneecaps stolen

    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet they're cartilage, then they fill in with bone cells.

    Faizal Jam
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll check my 2 years old daughter

    Luka Hamer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm fairly sure its 6 months, not 3 years..

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    #18

    Penguin Facts

    Penguin Facts

    It may not seem like it, but penguins do have knees. The reason why they aren't visible is that penguin's legs are covered by dense feathers.

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    Kimberley Stone
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently most animals share a similar skeletal structure

    Bored Fox
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is correct. For example it is surprising to see the skeleton of an elephant because it has similar hands and feet than a human.

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    John Doe
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe the penguins stole the babies' kneecaps

    Doglover45
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the feathers are the knee "cap". they cover them

    Elisabeth Bergbom
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That penguin skeleton looks like a dinosaur skeleton

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    #19

    Largest Toy Distributor

    Largest Toy Distributor

    McDonald's is the largest toy distributor in the world. About 20% of McDonald's sales involve Happy Meals, which include a toy.

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    Kjorn
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and 93% of these finishe in the garbage once in the house

    Vicky Zar
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least the newer ones. When I was little their toys were quite nice

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    Monika Soffronow
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Art Of Conning Parents Into Feeding Their Beloved Children Substandard Food.

    Lizzie the Crayon
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I look behind her and see Ronald McDonald for the first time in years...

    GABRIEL HICKNER
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the toys are plastic c**p. The pokemon cards however, that's a different story

    Eric Lambrecht
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went there and asked for a happy meal with extra happy, but I am never going again- they gave me a sad one :(

    Jo Choto
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only person alive who has NEVER eaten McDonald's anything ever?

    Nia Loves Art
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, the people in North Korea have also not eaten at McDonald’s.

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    #20

    The Weight Of Clouds

    The Weight Of Clouds

    Clouds may look very lightweight but the science says otherwise. The average cumulus cloud you can see during the sunny day, weight around 500,000 kg (1.1 million pounds).

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    Alexandru Bucur
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FROZEN water. You don't want to be flying through some of those babies, let me tell you...

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, how many of you went looking for an image in those clouds?

    Niall Mac Iomera
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...that's still lightweight. They may have a lot of MASS, but that doesn't mean they WEIGH anything.

    Kimberley Stone
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, so I ask again. How come it stays up there until it doesn't????

    Analyn Lahr
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet, you can just fly right through them.

    merub hafeez
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait what ! ................... oh right there made of water 🙃

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    #21

    Spaghetti Facts

    Spaghetti Facts

    In the Italian language, a single strand of spaghetti is called spaghetto.

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And from what I've been told, a single Panini is a panino.

    Mimis Nachbarin
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course. And one paparazzi is a paparazzo. y this surprise - this is simple italian grammar.

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    Giulia Di Matteo
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry dudes, I am Italian and I ca't get why this is so funny for you all!! Hahsahhaha, that's grammar, Singular and Plural :D Our grammar is complex, each person of a verbal form has a different declension, there are differences among female singular / plural and masculine singular / plural... Why is SPAGHETTO so funny!??!

    PeachPossum
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    English-speakers exposure to Italian words is often limited to the plural form, not the singular. In English, we say spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine, graffitti, and these can mean either singular or plural. We do not make the distinction. So when we encounter the singular spaghetto, linguina, fettuccina, graffitto -- these words look odd to us, and therefore "funny"

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    Jo Choto
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Masculine singular words ending -o become -i in the plural. So giorno (day) becomes giorni (days). So one ravioli is a raviolo, and one tortellini is a tortellino and one rigatoni is a rigatono, and so on.

    jade
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im SO making that an inside joke.

    GABRIEL HICKNER
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The reason you always use the plural for panini is you always eat more than one :D

    Mare Freed
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since the photo actually shows linguine, would a single strand be a linguino?

    Federico Baglini
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, linguine are feminine, so the singular is a linguina. BTW you’re right, the pic shows linguine and not spaghetti!

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    Abhishek Arun
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if there is a spa in the ghetto

    And Peggy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "somebodya toucheda ma spaghetto"

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    #22

    Human Population

    Human Population

    Throughout the history of the world, there have been more than 108 billion people alive. Since there are more than 7 billion people alive today, it means that around 7% of those who have ever lived exist today.

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    Terry T.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It makes me wonder just how big the population would be today, if things like the black plague and the Holocaust had never happened.....

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too big for the planet to handle

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look at all those people. All gathered really close together, with nowhere to run when Big Steve rips the most pungent fart ever known.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a punishment in either Purgatory or Hell, doesn't it?

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    Mimi
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ONLY? That is way more than I would have thought. Stating the fact that homo sapiens started off around 300.000 years ago. Crazy!

    Joeshar
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Author says "only around 7%" but this is actually a very large figure. Since 200.000bc (first humans) or 10.000bc (first temple) or 5.000bc (discovery of writing); 7/100 is way bigger than 1/5000 (or 1/10000 or 1/200000). And still increasing exponentially.

    Krissy Vaughan
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow… we really are like a rash on this planet aren’t we!…😢😢😢😢

    noitall man
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is because Bernie Sanders never dies

    Amery
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was this photo taken at Woodstock?!?

    Bored Moogle
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? Because I've also heard that there are more people alive now than there have been alive in all of human history. Which one is true?

    Joe Sauer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They've done studies that show every time there has been mass death, there has been a jump in technology immediately after. The reason being, that there is more resources now available since the population took such a big hit.

    Jo Choto
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since we have had more people alive in the last 100 years than ever before in history, it's hard to imagine we could ever have totaled 108 billion. Now I have to go research it.

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well Homo sapiens is about 200.000 years old. Even if the population was very small thats a lot of people.

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    #23

    Bouncy Balls

    Bouncy Balls

    A glass ball can bounce higher than a rubber ball of the same size.

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something to do with it being a harder material, thus retaining more of its kinetic energy when impacting the ground, while the rubber ball will cushion itself, losing just a little more energy, and not bouncing higher. This is probably b******t, but I don't care.

    danielw
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it has a higher coefficient of restitution. rubber actually has a fairly low coefficient of restitution- it tends to absorb energy more because it's softer. On the other hand, glass balls tend to shatter on impact.

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    Cactus McCoy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It can also shatter into more pieces than a rubber ball.

    Ava Parkinson
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it can also crash and break itself :)

    sunnyrei82
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes sense. Since the rubber ball will slightly deform, having more area where the energy can disperse, and the glass one will concentrate the energy on a smaller area, so it will be stronger.

    Eric Lambrecht
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True but glass bouncy balls are a horrible idea. "Quick throw it at the ground right next to your foot"—what could go wrong?

    Krissy Vaughan
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Roy Bakura… sounded really good though!…😁😁😁💕

    Alex Grosdanofski
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    SUPER BALLS though...what about those little rubber super balls you get from coin machines, I think they'd bounce way higher than glass.

    M Dream
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ok.. but one of them may break :)

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    #24

    Peanut Facts

    Peanut Facts

    While the name may suggest otherwise, peanuts are not nuts. In fact they are legumes and belong to the same plant family as lentils and beans, etc.

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    CCL_2018
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also fix nitrogen into their root systems, that is a unique feature of legumes

    Neha
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nitrogen fixating bacteria and root nodules!

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    Susan L. Miller
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    George Washington Carver figured out how to make 300 products from peanuts. From his work at Tuskegee, Carver developed approximately 300 products made from peanuts; these included: flour, paste, insulation, paper, wall board, wood stains, soap, shaving cream and skin lotion. He experimented with medicines made from peanuts, which included antiseptics, laxatives and a treatment for goiter.

    Kevin Stern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They say that, but people with "nut" allergies die if they smell peanut butter.

    Eva Röschen
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My whole life has been a lie 🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜

    thepotatogirl
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only one who thinks the word "legume" is funny for some reason?

    Alessandro Reverdito
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    5 years ago

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    Eric Lambrecht
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true. Also, peppers are berries, raspberries and blackberries are fruits, and tomatoes, recently corrected as "fruits", are actually berries, though the FDA still classifies them as vegetables.

    Elisabeth Bergbom
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peanuts may not be nuts, but they're nuts! (as in crazy)

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    #25

    The Last Guillotine

    The Last Guillotine

    France legally executed the last person by guillotine in 1977, the same year Star Wars: A New Hope came out.

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    jade
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bringing this up in history. teacher loves star wars

    Hans
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What difference does it make? There are no humane ways to deliberately kill a person against his or her will. The dealth penalty is an act of barbarism that future generations, after its complete abandonment, will shake their heads about, just like we now shake our heads when we learn that burning witches once was normal practice.

    PeachPossum
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A girl who lived in my town was murdered by a serial killer. She was 21 years old and he snuffed her life out just for the fun of it. He killed 10 people in and around our community. His first victims were an 11 year old girl and her entire family. He made her watch as he tortured, shot and killed her parents and her 9-year-old brother, then he killed her and performed unspeakable acts on their bodies. He went on to kill 6 others before he was caught. The district attorney could not pursue the death penalty because the first murders were committed before capital punishment was allowed in the state. So now that guy is serving a life sentence. He killed 10 people and he gets to live. That is not justice. That is a travesty.

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    Tor Rolf Strøm
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty crazy. Even crazier perhaps, is that they still chop heads in some countries to this day.

    Uwe Theiss
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Although it doesn't matter how you kill. Countries should never kill their own people as an act of revenge.

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    mike richmann
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    aw, the man who got guillotined didn't get to watch the movie its soo good!

    Nick Sady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is there a connection? Were they executed for spoilers or what?

    Fotekpic
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We were strong with the force!

    julien
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    " The use of beheading machines in Europe long predates such use during the French revolution in 1792. The Halifax Gibbet was a wooden structure consisting of two wooden uprights, capped by a horizontal beam, of a total height of 4.5 metres (15 ft). the first recorded execution in Halifax dates from 1280, but that execution may have been by sword, axe, or gibbet. The Maiden was constructed in 1564 for the Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh, and it was in use from April 1565 to 1710." picture : the Halifax Gibbet The_Halifa...385b89.jpg The_Halifax_Gibbet_-_geograph_org_uk_-_350422-5c8dfa1385b89.jpg

    Birchy Cat
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought that was Jeremy Corbin at the bottom at first glance!

    Eevee Loves π™
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow A New Hope Now That the Last Person Died!?

    Amery
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm failing to find the point in this......

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    #26

    Rhino Horn

    Rhino Horn

    Rhino's horn is made of keratin, the same protein substance that makes up the human nail.

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    Pumbaa
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You hear that traditional chinese people? Just chew your own goddamn nails to get your d**k up..

    Christina Sersif
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If someone is so stupid to think butchering an animal for a part will help get it up they deserve a limp d*ck as far as I'm concerned.

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    Nia Loves Art
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dislike the animal cruelty in China as well, but disliking the whole country is a bit much.

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    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And tortoise shells. And human hair. And bird feathers.

    Elisabeth Bergbom
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    SoO that's what happens if you don't cut your nails y'all

    David KH Wong
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Farm human, for finger nails. Can be sustainable I guess.

    Lizzie the Crayon
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I knew this one. I some countries,,its considered a way to cure cancer, they shabe of some of the horn, and put it in mediciene. My friend and i read this in a different place and were like "If you have cancer, just chew you fingernail or something! Its the same as rhino horn, which is believed to cure cancer, so if people do a deep nail cleaning then donate them to cancer, it might cure it!!!"

    Russian Otaku
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This fact is actually applicable to very many horns or tusks for the most part... all the more reason that hunting for such things is the height of retardation

    Kim Lorton
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too bad you can’t convince those asswipes who pay top dollar for the horns in Europe and Asia! They could just clip fingernails! But some people can’t be told anything , and will be eternally ignorant.

    Jo Choto
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've experienced that rhino hair making its way through the door of a Landrover. Wish my hair was that strong.

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    #27

    Baby Carrots

    Baby Carrots

    Baby carrots are just chopped up normal carrots.

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    Rinpai
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ngl. This is a confusing lunchbox. The totinos, banana, pb, honey, carrots, ranch, and candy say american...but then theres that egg and bento soy sauce squeezies.

    Rose
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They couldn't sell the disfigured/ugly normal carrots that would just be thrown away so to increase sales and decrease food waste, they just shave them down!

    Reilly Beryll
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine if carrots gave birth or laid eggs. Just imagine it. Think of it. Picture it.

    noitall man
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Baby Carrots are dumb. Adult carrots are much smarter

    Nia Loves Art
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is going on with that egg?

    Rebekah
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hot damn! That is one awesome looking lunch. WANT! But what are the squeezy tube things by the egg?

    Vicky Zar
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that peanutbutter and honey on the banana? Why? And whats that on the egg?

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    #28

    Pizza Sizes

    Pizza Sizes

    Two 12-inch pizzas are smaller in size than one 18-inch pizza.

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    Dani
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My walnut can’t handle thiiiissss

    Kevin Camp
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think about that when you buy a two for one deal on pizza.

    TTorrest Author
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is not pizza. What’s up with that horrific crust?

    Eric Lambrecht
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet the 12" pizza is not even a foot in diameter, and same thing with the 18". They love to get away with stuff, and who brings a measuring tape to a pizza place?

    Bob Beltcher
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where do you find an 18" pizza?

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    #29

    Card Arrangements

    Card Arrangements

    There are more ways to sort a deck of cards then the amount of atoms estimated to be on earth. The standard 52-card deck has 8x10^67 possible arrangements of the cards.

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    Tor Rolf Strøm
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, shuffle a deck every second and do this: take one step every one billion years, until you have walked around the globe, then take one drop of water from the ocean, repeat until ocean is empty, then put one sheet of paper on the ground. Do this whole thing until the stack of paper sheets reaches the sun, and CONGRATS, you are not even a 3rd of the way. It's a big number.

    Corbin Terry
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i dont even think the earth would last that long

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    Elias Gibson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are more possible Mario Maker levels than atoms in the universe. (Game Theory)

    Full Name
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but only 36 are any f*****g good. It's so frustrating.

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    Lewis Jones
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm gonna have to take your word on this one......

    Hugo Raible
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    52! = 80658175170943878571660636856403766975289505440883277824000000000000 You're welcome.

    SarahofBorg
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you shuffle a deck, you've sorted them into an order that no set has ever been sorted into before.

    PandaLover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never again will I be able to look at a pack of cards the same way I did 30 seconds ago.

    Amery
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No Euchre for ME this weekend, dangit~!

    PeachPossum
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and that number does not include the jokers which are used in some games.

    Barry B. Benson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wild Card re-released in the item shop today

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    #30

    Best Restaurant

    Best Restaurant

    In 2018 Taco Bell was voted as the best Mexican restaurant in America.

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    Andres Tejeda
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a Mexican this just makes me so disappointed. Taco bell is a very cheap imitation of Mexican food.

    Emma B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a very cheap imitation of food.

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    Rose
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't believe people choose a meat hose and Americanized crud over authentic recipes

    Christina Sersif
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who the heck did they poll? Kindergarteners?

    Eric Lambrecht
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in Kindergarten I was not that dumb.

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    danielw
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1) taco bell isn't food. 2) there are very few national restaurant chains in the US, and therefore limited in it's selection of 'national' food chains. the poll evaluated restaurants by familiarity, quality and consideration. (Whatever consideration means... I mean, if you need something edible at 2am and don't want to cook it yourself...and happen to forget what happened last time...)

    Petra Schaap
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok i think I found the one fake fact in the list!!

    spirit wolf
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And who are these idiots that voted.

    danielw
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it was a poll conducted by Harris Poll. They judged nationally based on familiarity, quality and consideration... which basically means that because everybody has heard of taco bell, and everybody goes there at some point because, you know, they're stumbling home from whatever... or, are stoners, like Antasia.Cary above, it weighs out food that people actually like. https://theharrispoll.com/taco-bell-is-americas-favorite-mexican-restaurant/

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    Ms Phit
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who Voted on this? What survey was this from? I'm guessing it was taken on the DC mall on the last Inauguration Day.....

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