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People are used to seeing the world one way and don’t really spend much time thinking about the universe, weird coincidences or relations between random objects. However, when they do, people especially tend to have curious thoughts in the shower, where they can come to mind-blowing realizations even if they are quite obvious, or they come up with the most random questions that they have to find the answer to or else they won’t be able to sleep at night.

TikToker MjcMatthew is probably one of those people as his account is dedicated to interesting facts you didn’t know you wanted to hear. He has created quite a few series, like things people were not meant to see or riddles that only geniuses can solve, but in this list you will find facts that sound fake but are actually true.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online Picasso was alive at the same time as Eminem and Charles Darwin let that sink in for a second.

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MjcMatthew is a Welsh TikToker who began his social media career quite a while ago as his first YouTube video is dated July 28, 2015. On YouTube, Matthew has over 100k subscribers, but the platform where he is the most successful is TikTok. There he has 3.5 million subscribers and is constantly getting hundreds of thousands of views.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online Stonehenge was a tourist attraction for ancient Romans.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online If you shuffle a deck of cards, it is statistically likely that you've shuffled them in an order that has never existed before and will never exist again. Essentially, you were the first person in history to shuffle them in that exact sequence.

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His series on real facts that sound fake has been viewed by over 2 million people, the last one being the most popular as it garnered 1 million views. Other popular series of facts include facts about animals, history facts and facts about your body. He will be the one to reveal to you which disgusting habits you have are actually good for you and which of them can actually kill you. 

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online There is a disease out there that can change all of your muscular tissue into bone.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online Because the Statue of Liberty is made of copper it used to be the color of a coin basically due to oxidation in 1922 it turned completely green.

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Chef Latte
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember hearing that people complaining about how bright the copper was early on due to sunlight reflection 😂

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online The United Kingdom has more tornadoes per area than any other country in the world.

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Yup
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are we counting when people stir their tea really quickly or something?!

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James016
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

News to me! I live in the UK. Felt some minor earthquakes though

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Robert T
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We do indeed get tornadoes, but with nothing like the magnitude or destructive power of those elsewhere in the world. If they happen in populated areas, they will break a few windows or lift someone's roof off, but only over a very small area. We had one a few streets away from me not that long ago. We didn't even notice it, other than it was a "bit windy"!

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Viv Justviv
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Misleading 'cos if you think about it, "area" is all that makes them No. 1. I'd take my chances with the UK over here in Ohio during tornado season.

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not misleading if that it is per area is stated, England does hold this record.

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ToGo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll take our higher number of rarely even noticed "tornadoes" over the States' heart-wrenching, destructive ones any day. The US tornadoes are utterly terrifying.

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Jo Choto
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read this very often, but I have never seen a tornado in the UK and I don't know anyone else who lives here that has seen one either. It just feels so unlikely!

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hello, I live in the UK and have seen three, one that caused damage and two others that touched down. Also two earthquakes.

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Kirk Mckeever
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well....kind of...they are very weak, generally, unlike the US tornadoes.....

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Rannveig Ess
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The UK has the most tornadoes per (same) square mile. The U.S. hands down has the most tornadoes. The USA has the most tornadoes in the world and some of the most destructive and deadliest · Canada is 2nd in the world

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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, we have those too. With one of our really big tornadoes it may scatter a few tomatoes. ;-)

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Dodo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Recently I was talking to a friend in North America about tornadoes and I said 'we're lucky in the UK because we don't get any'. Then I Googled to make sure and discovered this fact.

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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

According to the BBC, the Netherlands (really?) get just as many plus the tornadoes are thankfully rather small https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3QTh1mRGDNg16cDYHgCNP0G/do-you-live-in-the-british-tornado-alley

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"While other countries may get more severe tornadoes or more tornadoes overall in a year/season, the country that receives the most tornadoes by total area is England. Between 1980 and 2012, England experienced 2.2 tornadoes per year per 10,000 square kilometres (3,861 square miles) – which equates to one per every 4,545 square kilometres (1,754 square miles) annually. By comparison, the entire USA (including the non-contiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii) experienced 1.3 tornadoes annually per the same area – or one per 7,693 square kilometres (2,970 square miles)." (Guinness World Records). It's England specifically, not the UK.

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BS. Per area, I'm pretty sure any given US state in Tornado Alley can totally whip this. I survived a couple.

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Blatidae
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean... I've seen ones that blow leaves in a cyclone? That's about it. Maybe they count them? Tiny and not damaging at all though...

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Robert T
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you mean "whirlwind". A "cyclone" is either a massive weather system or a thing inside a Dyson vacuum cleaner.

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Mark Kelly
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait a minute but what size are they and how destructive are they?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? I live here, it gets in the news if there is a tornado - every few years or so.

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Lynn Morello
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lived there until I was13, Never even heard of tornado till I read the Wizard of Oz.

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Riley Quinn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gotta admit, I had no idea. And here I thought Tornado Alley was bad.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're so weak no one even notices them. Can they really be called tornadoes if they're not ripping things apart?

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RANDALL COLLINS
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, interesting. And here I thought Kansas was the place for Tornados!

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It may be true but America has the most infamous tornado!! Produced by Hollywood and starring in the movie “The Wizard of Oz”

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The damage of some in Birmingham, Bristol, and Nottingham have been on the news before. It's not as severe, but they can and do damage.

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Jo Jo Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's true! I live in the uk and sometimes it gets so bad our wheelie bins get blown over!!

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Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, it's the UK. So if you're measuring annual tornados per square kilometer it only takes one XD

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Hannah Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m pretty sure that Patrick Moore lost his garden observatory set up to a tornado in England, but I might have dreamt it.

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ButterScot
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its per area per year. So in relation to its size and the amount of tornados that form. Canada and the US have the greatest number.

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David
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are the same type of stats that get used for things like gun violence. Yes, total number we're #1, but per capita, we're a ways down the list

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Laura MG
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Umm, I googled this: the US has on average 1200 tornadoes per year while the UK has 30.

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Per area, so number of tornadoes per 10k square km per year. England holds that record.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up on a farm in Southern England. During harvest there would be a lot of tornadoes, but they are always called Whirlwinds over here. They are much smaller and mostly don’t do any damage; but they do happen over here. We do get larger ones; most recent to memory whipped through about five or so years ago. It uprooted trees, downed walls/roofs etc. We had no idea what was going when it started, but it was bloody amazing. And nowhere near as big as you’d get in US.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I looked this up. Of the sites I checked, all listed USA as #1. I didn't see any thing about "per square mile" or whatever. So this might not be correct.

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is from the Guinness World Record, which is for England at 2.2 tornadoes per 10k square kilometres. USA is 1.3 per 10k square kilometres.

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It means what it says - greatest number of tornadoes per area per year, in this case the area is per 10,000 square kilometres. The country holding the record of this is England with 2.2/10,000km2 per year.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What???? They have tornadoes? And yet U.S is getting all the TV time

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Rick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The tornadoes are *nothing* like the ones seen in America and don’t do as much as 10 percent of damage. They may take a roof off a building in very extreme circumstances and that would make the news but one won’t wipe out entire communities (though this could be America’s fondness for erecting houses out of cheap materials).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't count them as tornadoes unless they touch ground and do damage. If they don't, they're just funnel clouds.

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They do though, but it's not severe. The one I witnessed in Nottingham took the roof tiles off two streets of houses, mild but definitely a tornado.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's because the uk is TINY compared to the United States where the Midwest has many tornadoes

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online The can opener wasn't invented until 40 years after the can.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

there's a little "key" that is attached to the can, where you break them off the side or top of the can to uncoil the tab around the can.

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The facts in this list that Matthew found sound actually unbelievable. It’s just absurd to think that a can opener was invented so much later than a can as it raises the question of how they were opened previously. Or that all blue-eyed people have the same ancestor, because it is hard to wrap your head around the fact that they all are a result of a mutation that occurred in one baby 6,000-10,000 years ago.

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Or he makes you see things in a different perspective that you never thought about, like Oxford University being older than the Aztec Empire, and that Picasso can be considered a link between Eminem and Darwin as he was alive at the same time they both also were on this Earth.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online If you had a teaspoon sized neutron star, it would have the same mass as 900 pyramids of Giza.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online All blue eyed people are related here and have one common ancestor known as the Founder.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Iirc, it's the same for green eyes, due to blue or green eyes being linked to some kind of "mutation". (i may be wrong however)

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online Only after making 1.4 billion crayons the senior crayon maker at Crayola admit he was colorblind. I mean fair play he smashed it, but what?

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Do you know any random facts that, once heard, you have to research and find out if they're real or not? Leave them in the comments. Also, let us know what you think of Matthew’s facts and upvote the ones that surprised you the most!

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online One glass of water has more atoms than there are glasses of water in all of the oceans of the earth.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Out of curiosity, I googled up some numbers. Several websites claim there are about 1x10^26 (100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) atoms in a liter of water. The calculations for total number of liters of water in the world varies, but the US Geological Survey website says there are 1.386x10^21 (1,386,000,000,000,000,000,000) liters of water, including water vapor, ice, ground water, etc. There are about 72,150 times as many atoms in a liter of water than there are liters of water on and in Earth.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online Facebook Like button was going to be called the Awesome button.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online The stickers that are placed on fruits turns out are actually edible.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

now i wanna know how long someone could survive on a diet of fruit stickers

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online There are more ways to play a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.

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Radek Suski
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are already some 20 sextillions of planets in the observable universe. Multiply it times some 100 googols of atoms the earth consist of. And it still misses all stars, moons, nebulas, black holes, antimatter, dark matter. Not to mention the earth isn't particularly big planet.

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16 Facts That Sound Too Crazy To Be True, As Shared By This Guy Online Eiffel Tower was originally intended to be in Barcelona because the people of Barcelona didn't like the project idea they moved it to France.

officialmjcmatthew , Adrian Scottow Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is BS. It was designed and then built by a French engineer (Gustave Eiffel) specifically to show off France's architectural talent in the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris.

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