“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, today is a bit of a multi-cultural fact feast.
Hope you enjoy.
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Brown eyes are actually blue,
under a layer of melanin.
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Billionaire Chuck Feeney donated most of his fortune
anonymously and with no recognition,
while flying coach, owning a $15 watch,
and having no cars or homes.
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George Washington was surprised to discover
that the Chinese were not white.
(I wonder how surprised they were to find out he was?)
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When it first opened in 1955 Disneyland had
a lingerie store on Main Street called The Wizard Of Bras
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In the mid 1800s France gave a crucial patent
in photography as a free gift to the world…
except for Britain who had to pay for it!
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Disaster comes from the Greek
“dis” meaning bad,
and “aster”, meaning star.
The ancient Greeks used to blame calamities
on unfavorable planetary positions.
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If you are in a room with 23 people,
there’s more than a 50% chance that
two of the people have the same birthday.
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There are more tigers living in Texas
than in the rest of the world.
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While serving as sheriff of Erie County, N.Y.,
Grover Cleveland had to spring the trap
at a hanging on two occassions.
This earned him the unflattering nickname
“Buffalo Hangman.”
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Workers at Amazon’s distribution centers
can be expected to walk up to 11 miles per shift,
picking an order every 33 seconds.
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The shortest French word with all
five vowels is “oiseau” meaning bird.
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Des Moines has the highest per capita0
Jello consumption in the U.S
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In 1770 the British parliament passed a law
condemning lipstick, stating that
” women found guilty of seducing men
into matrimony by a cosmetic means”
could be tried for witchcraft.
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Mr Feng, a Chinese father, hired a bunch of assassins
to kill his son’s online World of Warcraft character.
Apparently his son was wasting too much time after being laid off.
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Spencer Eldon was the name of the naked baby
on the cover of Nirvana’s album
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