“Walmart Is The World’s Largest Retailer Of Diamonds”: 50 Facts That Are Useless But Interesting

The dog on the left, Arnie, is an award winning French Bulldog. The dog on the right, Flint, was bred by Hawbucks French Bulldogs, in the Netherlands. This breeder is working to restore a healthier template for Bulldogs, similar to how they looked about a century ago.

During certain times of the year, the sun sets behind the skyline, offering this breathtaking view.

This letter ended up selling at auction for $400k.

It is called ‘ashlar masonry’, where rocks are cut to fit perfectly together without mortar. This allowed the stones to move in its place during an earthquake, before settling back in their original positions.

Originating in ancient Egypt, their arch design provides sturdy support with just one layer, unlike straight walls that require two.

Also they're basically just big sea roaches.

The First Complaint "Letter" (Made From Clay) Was Sent In 1750 Bc In Mesopotamia From A Man Named Nanni To A Merchant Named Ea-Nasir. Nanni Was Mad That He Received The Incorrect Grade Of Copper That He Had Already Paid For And That The Merchant Was Rude To His Servant When Confronted.

They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments.

Over a month, the structure moved 15 inches per hour, with 600 employees working without interruption. Gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, and phone services remained intact, and no one inside felt the movement.

The Sahara Desert is known for being the world’s hottest desert. However, just 6,000 years ago, this dry land was a lush rainforest with thick vegetation and high rainfall.

Egypt and pyramids are almost synonymous, but did you know there are pyramids in Sudan too? Nubia, a region in Sudan, has 255 pyramids — twice the number in Egypt!

It is shaped in the cartographic form of Finland.

After his niece became extremely ill from spoiled milk, the powerful gangster reportedly lobbied aggressively for expiration dates to be placed on milk to ensure the safety of children and pregnant women.

It's a cultural and culinary term, and varies from place to place.

No support, No structure, just weight, floating around above us and we're like, yep totally believable, because they're clouds, duh.

This makes it difficult to move the eyes in their sockets, but is counteracted by the ability to rotate their heads 270 degrees in either direction.

It was reported as 29,002 because exactly 29,000 was not believable.

As folks in Beijing is preparing to go to bed at midnight, folks in Xinjiang are just beginning to watch the sunset. China is almost the size of the United States, which has six timezones! Interestingly, China didn’t always operate on Beijing time.

You might think Coca Cola is something you can find anywhere in the world but these two countries have been in long-term US trade embargoes — North Korea since 1950 and Cuba since 1962.

When viewed outside earths atmosphere it is white. It only looks yellow due to our atmosphere "pulling" the blue light out, leaving it looking yellow. It's an illusion.

288 billion different possible positions after 4 moves each. In a complete game there are more possible positions than there are electrons in the observable universe.

And before the cigarette.

That happens because sometimes your muscles relax and your heart rate slows down too quickly that your body thinks you’re dying. So, it gives you that falling sensation which jolts you awake.

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