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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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Welcome to another fasab fact day.

Diamonds and chocolate are just two of the delicious facts today.

Enjoy.

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There is a diamond floating in our galaxy

that is bigger than Earth

planet sized diamond found in galaxy

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Besides Wales, Argentina is the only other country

where Welsh is spoken by a significant minority

thanks to settlers who inhabited Patagonia nearly 200 years ago.

argentina-flag-map

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Your brain was just about as big as it is now when you were born.

That’s one reason that babies have disproportionately large heads.

clipart baby

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Count the capt Jack Sparrows on The Pirates of the Caribbean.

There are usually three.

If you see four, you might actually have seen Johnny Depp

who sometimes hangs out in the ride in full costume for fun

Johnny Depp Capt Jack Sparrow

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Malaria comes from the Latin phrase “mal aria” meaning “bad air”

and was used to describe the atmosphere around the swamps of Rome.

bad air fever Rome swamps

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Chocolate was included in WWII soldier rations.

According to army specification, it was designed

to taste just “a little better than a boiled potato”

so soldiers would not eat it too quickly.

Chocolate was included in WWII soldier rations

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Oliver Cromwell was hanged and decapitated

two years after he had died.

Oliver Cromwell

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American playwright Tennessee Williams died in 1983

after he choked on a bottle cap in his hotel room.

Apparently he had been drinking.

Tennessee Williams

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Kaffeklubben Island Belonging to Greenland,

is officially considered to be the northernmost point of land on Earth.

Kaffeklubben Island

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The first Eagle Scout west of the Mississippi

is buried in San Marcos, Texas.

Eagle Scout grave San Marcos Texas

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In ancient Egypt, when a ruler would die all of his

servants and animals were buried alive with him.

Ancient Egypt Pyramids

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In 1985, New Orleans lifeguards decided to throw a pool party

celebrating their first drowning free season ever.

Ironically, after a party filled with hundreds of lifeguards,

local Jerome Moody was found dead at the bottom of the pool.

Jerome-Moody drowned during lifeguard party

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The silhouette on the Major League Baseball logo

is Harmon Killebrew.

silhouette on the Major League Baseball logo

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The word ‘pound’ is abbreviated ‘lb.’

after the constellation ‘libra’ 

because it means ‘pound’ in Latin, and also ‘scales’.

The abbreviation for the British Pound Sterling

comes from the same source:

it is an ‘L’ for Libra/Lb. with a stroke through it

to indicate abbreviation.

3D golden Pound symbol

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The Andy Griffith Show was the first spin-off in TV history.

It was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas Show.

If you have time why not enjoy an episode?

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