“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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The fact file is open again and here are fifteen more gems of wisdom to peruse at your leisure.
Enjoy.
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100,000,000,000 solar neutrinos pass through
every square inch of your body every second.
(I thought I felt something!)
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The northern border of Delaware is curved,
with all points being exactly 12 miles from
the old court house in New Castle.
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James Barrie, author of Peter Pan, never had kids,
but he did have a special affection for the children of others.
In 1929 he signed over the rights for Peter Pan to a London hospital
that specialized in pediatric medicine.
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The celery stick garnish became a staple of the Bloody Mary
only after an impatient patron at Chicago’s Pump Room
couldn’t wait for his server to bring him a swizzle stick.
He took matters into his own hands and
snatched a celery stalk from a nearby relish tray.
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Ice Cream was served to new arrivals at Ellis Island.
However, since most people hadn’t encountered it before,
they simply figured it was butter and spread it on their toast.
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The state fish of Hawaii is the “humuhumunukunukuapua’a”.
The Hawaiian name roughly translates to “the fish with a pig-like nose.”
It’s English name is the Reef Triggerfish.
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Director John Landis includes the phrase
“See you next Wednesday” in most of his films.
It was the title of a script he wrote as a teen.
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Al Capone estimated that he spent $30 million a year
to pay off judges, police, elected officials, and newspapermen.
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The first artist signed to the Beatles’ Apple Records label
was singer-songwriter James Taylor.
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Clifton Keith Hillegass is the “Cliff” behind Cliff’s Notes.
He started his company in 1958 when he
published 16 Shakespearian study guides.
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Birds cock their heads at the ground not to listen for prey
(such as insects or worms) but to better see them.
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Although the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People clearly stated its mission in its title,
W.E.B. Du Bois was the only African American
on the NAACP’s first board of directors.
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Contrary to popular belief, a camel’s hump does not store water.
Instead, it’s filled with fat, which allows the animal to go for a month without food.
If the hump becomes depleted, it will shrink, flop over, and hang at the camel’s side.
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A Mercurian day is longer than its year.
Mercury revolves around the sun very quickly,
but rotates around its axis very, very slowly.
One day on Mercury (sunrise to sunrise) is longer than
one year on Mercury (one orbit around the Sun).
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The flashes of colored light you see when you
rub your eyes are called “phosphenes.”
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The term “paparazzi” comes from Paparazzo,
a fictional freelance photographer
in the 1960 Fellini film La Dolce Vita.
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Construction of the Pentagon began in 1941
– on September 11th.
(Spooky-woo!)
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John Lennon’s 1975 single “Number Nine Dream”
peaked on the Billboard pop singles chart at number nine.
Similarly, Prince’s 1993 single “Seven” peaked at #7.
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