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25.5%Eating carrots improves your night vision
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27.3%George Washington Carver invented Peanut Butter
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28.7%SPAM stands for “Shoulder of Pork and Ham”
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29.1%The majority of the damage done to Japan during WWII came from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs
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30.1%The first animals in space were fruit flies
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31.9%Brown eggs come from brown chickens, who have more melanin in their feathers
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33.3%“Ring around the Rosie” was about the Black Death
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34.2%People suffering liver failure can protect themselves from toxins with blueberries
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39.8%Paralyzed people’s fingers and toes do not “prune up” in water
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40.7%Barack Obama has won more Grammy Awards than Katy Perry
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41.2%Benjamin Franklin proposed the wild turkey be the symbol of the United States instead of the bald eagle
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42.0%Rusty nails are more likely to cause tetanus infections
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46.5%A Komodo dragon bite is dangerous because of the bacteria that live in its mouth
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46.9%There has never been a confirmed shark attack on the coast of Arizona
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49.5%Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California
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51.5%During the Apollo program, approximately half of the federal budget was spent on the moon missions
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52.0%Navy uniforms turn bright orange when coming in contact with salt water so a sailor can be spotted after falling overboard
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54.8%Albert Einstein’s brain was sliced up after his death and now is in many pieces around the country
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54.9%Albert Einstein was a poor student of math and even flunked his earliest entrance exams
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55.9%Microwaving your kitchen sponge kills off the dangerous bacteria
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58.0%Police officers must identify themselves if working undercover
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59.1%Steel is no longer magnetic above 800° C
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59.1%NASA spent millions to develop a pen to work in space, the Soviet Union just used pencils instead
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59.3%Harry S. Truman’s middle name is “S.”
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59.6%Women found guilty of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials were burned at the stake
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60.3%Glass is a slow-moving liquid
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60.5%St. Bernards carry barrels of brandy to people stranded in avalanches to help keep them warm
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60.6%Ancient Romans used the vomitorium in order to throw up so they could eat more food
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60.7%There are no venomous birds
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61.1%Rabies only kills mammals
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61.1%Large quantities of Vitamin C can reduce your risk of contracting the common cold
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61.2%The Stegosaurus was around before grass
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61.5%An ostrich will hide from a predator by placing its head in the sand
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61.5%The amount of water flowing over Niagara Falls is reduced at night to generate more electricity
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Peppers with 4 bumps are female and peppers with 3 bumps are male. Female peppers are full of seeds, but sweeter and better for eating. Male peppers are better for cooking
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63.9%Baby carrots were invented in 1986
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64.0%The side of the moon that cannot be seen from earth is dark
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64.2%Identical twins have identical DNA but different fingerprints
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65.2%“420” is the LAPD police code for marijuana use
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65.6%The Mona Lisa painting has no eyebrows
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65.8%Napoleon Bonaparte was shorter than the average French soldier
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65.8%Jet fuel does not burn hot enough to melt steel
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66.1%Sweet foods can only be tasted by the tip of your tongue
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66.7%Walt Disney has won more Academy Awards (“Oscars”) than anyone else
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66.7%Opossums hang by their tails when sleeping to hide from predators
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67.8%Paul Bunyan was a real person
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68.5%The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space
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68.8%Tom Hanks is married to a woman with the name "Wilson"
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69.0%Bats are blind and must use sound to navigate instead
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69.3%The bumps on toads are caused by papilloma viruses, which also cause warts on people
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69.4%The first American in space played golf on the moon
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69.5%“Wiki” means “What I Know Is”
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69.7%When given a kidney transplant, doctors leave the diseased kidneys in the patient
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69.9%Ingesting (eating/drinking) silver will turn your skin permanently blue
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70.2%As tigers age, their stripes become further apart
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70.5%The Bill of Rights was written when Beethoven was a teenager
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70.9%Adding salt to water causes it to boil faster
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71.1%Lemmings engage in mass suicide when their population numbers become too great
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72.1%A pony is a breed of horse, not a baby horse
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72.6%You can balance an egg on one end only on the spring and fall equinoxes
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72.7%Early Americans deliberately gave smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans
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72.8%Finland and North Korea are separated by only one country
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73.6%The daddy longlegs spider is the most venomous spider in the world, but its fangs cannot penetrate human skin
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74.3%The video game Donkey Kong is based on a true story
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75.0%The first Egyptian chariots were powered by sails
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75.0%The USSR had the first man in space, but the US had the first woman in space
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76.1%Platypuses are the only venomous mammals
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76.3%After an appendectomy, doctors disconnect the appendix, but leave it in the body to let the immune system break it down
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76.6%Mammoths were still alive when the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built
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76.9%Swallowed chewing gum accumulates in your large intestine takes years to completely be pooped out
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77.2%Adding oil to pasta prevents the noodles from sticking together
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77.2%When donating a kidney, doctors prefer to take the left kidney
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77.3%In South Korea, a common urban legend is that sleeping in a room with an electric fan running will result in death
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77.4%Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, and Amy Winehouse (musicians) all died at the age of 27
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77.9%Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing
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78.5%Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party ordered the creation of the VW Beetle
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78.5%Corgis do not have knees
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78.6%Woodrow Wilson was the only US President to have a PhD
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78.7%Whoopi Goldberg is the only person to have won an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)
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78.8%More people died of diarrhea (dysentery) in the Civil War than gunshots
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78.9%The Irish potato is actually native to South America
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79.1%Someone with schizophrenia has multiple and different personalities
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79.1%Mike Tyson collects and breeds pigeons
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79.2%Sex advice columnist Dr. Ruth was a sniper in the Israeli military
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79.2%The Washington Monument has a tip made out of platinum, the most valuable metal in the world at the time
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79.3%Tic-Tacs are sugar-free
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79.3%Penguins do not have knees
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79.5%There are no bridges over the Amazon river
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79.6%The Boston Marathon did not voluntarily allow women until 1972
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79.8%Eating within 30 minutes of swimming results in cramps and an increased risk of drowning
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80.0%Beyonce has won more Grammy awards than any other female artist
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80.0%Hippos are an invasive species in Colombia because of a drug kingpin
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80.2%“Ford” stands for “First On Race Day”
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80.3%Great Horned Owls eat skunks because they have no sense of smell
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80.3%Saudi Arabia imports sand and camels from Australia
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80.5%Mr. Rogers served as a sniper in Vietnam
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80.6%Lightning never strikes the same place on Earth twice
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80.7%The leotard was named after an acrobat
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80.7%A housecat can outsprint Usain Bolt