“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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A host of random facts today, as always.
Buttermilk included.
So make some pancakes and…..
Enjoy.
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The Home Insurance Building was erected
in Chicago in 1884 and has been called the
“Father of the Modern Skyscraper”.
It was 10 stories high.
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Every year, more than 14 billion pounds
(6 billion kilograms) of garbage
is dumped into the world’s oceans.
Most of it, is plastic that is toxic to marine life.
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Contrary to popular belief,
the Mayans don’t have just one calendar
and none of their calendars predicted
the world would end in 2012.
Now you tell me!!!
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80% of infants are
born with a birthmark
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Buttermilk is NOT milk containing butter.
Buttermilk is actually the part of the milk
that’s left after you churn the butter out.
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Russia’s surface area is bigger
than Pluto’s surface area
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Malcolm X was shot and mortally wounded
by three members of the Nation of Islam
on the stage of the Audubon ballroom in Harlem
on February 21, 1965.
In March of 1964, Malcolm X announced
a break with the Nation of Islam,
leading to conflict, threats,
and ultimately his assassination.
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If you want to make a pineapple sweeter
you actually need to use salt!
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The escalators in London’s underground
travel two times the circumference of the Earth
every week!
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Foreigners account for 23% of
Switzerland’s roughly 8 million people
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Various studies show that during
a time of extreme stress or in a crisis,
women tend to react with reference to their feelings,
while men tend not to react with logic and deductive reasoning.
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Finally, Braille, the tactile writing system
used by blind and visually impaired people,
is named after its creator, Louis Braille,
who was blinded in both eyes in an accident
during his early childhood.
He mastered his disability while still a boy
and, in 1824 (at the age of just 15), presented
his system of tactile code that would eventually
allow blind people to read and write.
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Pluto-Russia factoid most interesting … tell you what: that I have a birthmark on my right hand?
The Pluto one surprised me.