Bluetooth is named after a 10th century king, Harald Bluetooth, who united Norway and Denmark.

The world record for the longest human chain is 652.4 miles, and it consisted of 5 million people in Bangladesh!

Rowan Atkinson. aka Mr. Bean, is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.

By a large margin, bananas are the most sold item at Walmart.

Sunsets on Mars are blue.
BLUE SUNSETS!!!

“lbs” comes from the Latin word “libra,” which means “pound.”

The small indents you see on the bottom of frozen pizzas are there to prevent air bubbles from forming inside the dough.

Melanistic animals are all black, and are the opposite of albinos.

After leaving a pineapple in an Art Museum for two days in 2016, a Scottish student returned to find that it was put into a glass case as part of an exhibit.

True Lies was the first ever movie to be given a 100 million dollar budget.

If you started digging in Argentina, it is possible to dig a hole’ to Chinain theory.

Researchers found fossils of a Mega Penguin’ that would have been 6 feet tall and weighed in at over 250 pounds.

The word Brah’ comes from Hawaii. It is short for Braddah’ which is surf slang for brother.

At one point, the offical state slogan of Nebraska was: “Nebraska: Honestly, it’s not for everyone.”

“Puppy Cats” are cats that are bred specifically to exhibit dog-like behavior.

In Slovakia, they have Christmas Carp that live in the family bathtub for a few days before they are eaten.

The Flintstones was the most profitable network cartoon franchise for 30 years & then came The Simpsons.

The University of Minnesota is older than Minnesota, the state itself unbelievable!

In 2019, MySpace was still getting 8 million visitors a month.

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“Baboons can’t throw overhand.”

“In the early ’80s, a Toyota Corolla trunk key could open any Corolla trunk.”

“Barnacles can have penises up to 8 times their body length. While length doesn’t vary significantly between populations, thickness does, with barnacles in more turbulent waters having girthier cocks to prevent them from snapping off in the current.”

“The first person to be convicted of speeding was speeding at 8 mph.”

“A lobster is more aerodynamic than a Jeep Wrangler.”

“Mario has overalls so his arms could be distinguished from his torso even with very primitive sprites. Similarly his hat and mustache are to hide his hair and mouth.”

“If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called “eigengrau.””

““Helicopter” isn’t heli + copter; it’s helico (spiral) + pter (wing).”

“The Purple Heart medals being issued today are from the stock ordered in preparation for the ground invasion of Japan in WW2. Military strategists estimated there would possibly be over a million casualties in the proposed invasion.”

“Nobody would see you get sucked into a black hole. To them, you’d just stop at the event horizon and proceed to become more and more redshifted until you disappeared.”

“Due to the shape of the North American Elk’s Esophagus, even if it could talk, it would be unable to pronounce the word Lasagna.”

“There are about 72 metal bands per 100.000 people in Finland. Finland is the most metal country in the world.”

“There is a specific word in the English language for the egg of a hen. That word is CACKLEBERRY. No relation to dingleberry.”

“Flowers arrangements at funerals originally served to mask the stench of rotting corpse.”

“If you play with a dogs ears it releases a sh#t ton of endorphins from all the nerves around there. It relaxes them and they love it.”

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