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“The Paris Hilton sex tape starts with a memorial screen to those who died in 9/11.”

“The male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating. If she is, it’s business time.”

“For every single human being on Earth, there are 2.5 MILLION ants.

Yes, this means that there are about 20 QUADRILLION ants on this planet.”

“The longest place name in the world is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu”

“Of the few people who have top secret clearance at the White House one of them is the person who writes all of the party invitations.”

“Corn flakes were invented to prevent masturbation. John Harvey Kellogg, who invented corn flakes and started the Kellogg brand, believed that a plain diet (including his cereals) would make people masturbate and have sex less. He was also a strong proponent of celibacy, circumcision, and even the removal of the clitoris in cases where people could not kick masturbation.”

“There are clouds of alcohol floating around in space.”

“Lee Harvey Oswald had straight (non curly) pubic hair.”

“The original name for the color orange was “geoluhread,” which means “yellow-red” in Old English”

“Also, the fruit was called orange waaaaay before the colour was.”

“When basketball was first invented, at every game, they would have a man who would go up a ladder to retrieve the ball after every basket. It took them around 20 years to figure out maybe it would be a good idea to cut the bottom of the basket out to make retrieving the ball a lot easier. 20 years!!!”

“When someone gets a kidney transplant they generally just cram the new one in and don’t take out the old ones. So the person ends up with three kidneys.”

“They continue this with multiple kidney transplants too. Had a patient recently on her third transplant and yep, there’s five kidneys crammed into her abdomen. Too risky to take any of the other ones out.”

“When the Lewis and Clark expedition were exploring the west of North America, their diet of dried meat left them constipated. They were all taking these pills called thunder clappers to make themselves sh#t. The active ingredient in thunder clappers is mercury, and historians can track the expedition because they left increased deposits of mercury in the soil.”

“Abalones (a snail) have 5 @$$holes.”

“Sprinkling powdered sugar on a prolapsed anus will cause it to retract back into place.”

“I’m closer to being a millionaire than Bill Gates is.”

“A man named Wilmer McLean owned a farm in Manassas, Virginia USA where the very first battle of the US Civil War was fought. After the battle he’s like “I’m outta here” and bought a farm way out in the country at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia…where Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses Grant in McLeans living room four years later.”

“The Atari 2600’s release date and the last execution by guillotine happened less than 24 hours apart.”

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“Octopuses have three hearts – Two pump blood to the gills, while one pumps it to the rest of the body. When an octopus swims, the heart that delivers blood to the body stops beating.”

“Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, while trees appeared around 350 million years ago.”

“Lightning can reach temperatures up to 30,000 Kelvin (53,540°F or 30,000°C).”

“Charles Osborne of the U.S. had hiccups continuously from 1922 to 1990.”

“Dolphins have names for each other – They use unique whistles to identify each other, much like humans use names.”

“There’s enough gold in Earth’s oceans to coat the planet – It’s estimated that there are around 20 million tons of gold dissolved in Earth’s oceans.”

“Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes, while dolphins can only hold their breath for about 10 minutes.”

“The moon is drifting away from Earth ! It moves about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) farther from our planet each year.”

“The long spiral tusk of a narwhal is an elongated tooth that can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long.”

“Otters hold hands so that they don’t drift apart when they fall asleep in the water!”

“Some species of worms, like the planarian, can regrow their heads and other body parts if they’re cut off.”

“A group of owls is called a “parliament” – The term reflects their solemn, wise reputation in various cultures.”

“A blue whale’s tongue weighs as much as an elephant.”

“A day on Earth is not exactly 24 hours… It’s actually 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds, known as a sidereal day.”

“Known as the “Elk Cloner,” it was a harmless prank, but it marked the beginning of the digital virus era.”

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Scallops have teeth and eyes up to 200.

Due to ocean tides and earthquakes days get longer by 1.7 milliseconds each century.

It takes between 813 and 982 rubber bands to crush a human skull.

The position your tongue sits in in your mouth usually depends on what your first language is.

The longest English word is 189,819 letters long and it would take three and a half hours to say out loud.

If you lose the little cup to a Nyquil or Zzzquil bottle, to achieve a 30 mL dose you require 4 capfuls filled to the inside rim.

The largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume.

There’s no such thing as zero-calorie foods. Even low-calorie foods, such as celery and watercress, contain more energy than the body needs to process them. 

All the world’s bacteria stacked on top of each other would stretch for 10 billion light-years. 

The world’s oldest dog lived to 29.5 years old.

The world’s oldest cat lived to 38 years and three days old.

Wind turbines kill between 10,000 and 100,000 birds each year in the UK.

Snails have teeth. Between 1,000 and 12,000 teeth, to be precise.

A study in 2016 purports that among men, a larger signature correlates with higher social bravado and, among women, a bigger signature correlates with narcissistic traits.

One in 18 people have a third nipple. 

Deaf people are known to use sign language in their sleep.

Hippos don’t swim, they sink to the bottom of the riverbed and gallop in slow motion.

In 2013, a woman required surgery to remove feces build up as she was constipated for 45 days.

Studies have shown that even in emergencies, fish form orderly queues in order to not clog things up.

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