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Hello, curious folk, this is your captain, Bored Panda speaking. Welcome to our crazy fun facts galore, where we discuss things that are hard to believe yet absolutely true! We’re happy to see you here, and that you trust us to take you on a journey of unbelievable facts. 

Jokes aside, this is our list dedicated to various crazy facts; one might even call it a haberdashery of trivia. And it doesn’t even matter which of the fields you’re most interested in - animals, nature, chemistry, or life - there’s definitely a mind-blowing fact for each of you. The most important fact here is that they are highly likely to satiate your curiosity and the need to learn something new and unexpected every day. You can very well trust this list of fun trivia to live up to its name! And oh boy, the stories behind these interesting facts, especially those concerning real-life happenings, should all be worthy of a movie, which we do hope to see one day. 

So, let your curiosity run wild and read these fun facts that we’ve gathered from all the corners of the internet. They are, as per usual, just a little bit further down. Once you are there, be sure to vote for the most incredible fact that has left you genuinely amazed. This way, it’ll find its way to the top of this list! Once that’s all crossed off of the list, share this article with your friends, for we are pretty sure that they’d like to read these crazy fun facts, too.

#1

Round glass bottle on chemistry table Marie Curie is the only person to earn a Nobel prize in two different sciences.

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#3

Potato chips cause more weight gain than any other food.

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#4

Police officer looking Detroit undercover cops in a drug ring once fought another group of undercover cops.

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#6

Cows kill more Americans each year than sharks do.

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#7

Woman holding money America's first bank robber deposited the money back into the same bank.

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#8

The heads on Easter Island have bodies.

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#9

The fire hydrant patent was lost in a fire.

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#10

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.

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#11

Star Trek's Scotty stormed the beach at Normandy.

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#12

Fake planets hanging Some planets produce diamond rain.

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#13

The first person convicted of speeding was going eight mph.

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#14

A 70-year-old woman once completed seven marathons in seven days, across all seven continents.

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#15

Germany uncovers 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs every year.

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#16

Sun looking like atomic explosion One man once survived two atomic bombs.

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#18

Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.

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#19

Your liver can regrow itself in three weeks.

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#20

The world's biggest tire producer is LEGO.

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#21

Darth Vader looking from Star Wars The first Star Wars was expected to be a flop.

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#22

"New car smell" is the scent of dozens of chemicals.

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#23

Chewing gum boosts concentration.

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#24

Friends sitting and laughing Most laughter isn't because things are funny.

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#25

In Germany, people help toads cross the road.

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#27

Agatha Christie has sold over 2 billion books.

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#28

Whale swimming in the sea Baby blue whales grow 200 pounds per day.

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#29

There's a town in nebraska with a population of one!

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#30

Goosebumps are meant to ward off predators.

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#31

The moon has moonquakes!

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#32

green grass on rocky shore during daytime The Bermuda Triangle isn't any more likely to cause a mysterious disappearance than anywhere else.

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#33

Redheads aren't actually going extinct.

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#34

Riding a roller coaster could help you pass a kidney stone.

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#35

For 100 years, maps have shown an island that doesn't exist.

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#36

Sea lion looking Sea lions can dance to a beat.

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#37

The "M's" in M&Ms stand for "Mars" and "Murrie."

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#38

Space smells like seared steak.

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#39

Hair and nails grow faster during pregnancy.

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#40

Cute brown dog smiling Dogs actually understand some English.

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#41

You can sneeze faster than a cheetah can run.

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#42

Bee hummingbirds are so small they get mistaken for insects.

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#43

The majority of Americans choose dogs over love.

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#44

Tree shrews are the only mammal aside from humans known to deliberately seek out spicy foods.

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#45

Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis died on the same day as JFK.

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#46

You sleep deeper on a hammock than a bed.

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#47

Water makes different sounds depending whether it's hot or cold!

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#48

Dinosaurs lived on every continent.

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#49

The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back nearly 1,500 years.

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#50

Most people break up on Mondays.

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#51

A restaurant in New York employs grandmas as chefs.

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#52

Dolphins have been trained to be used in wars.

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#53

The man who wrote Dracula never visited Transylvania.

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#54

Tornadoes can cause "fish rain."

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#55

Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you get a combination that's never existed.

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#56

Humans are just one of the estimated 8.7 million species on Earth.

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#57

Newborns don't shed tears.

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#58

Children ask 300 questions a day!

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#59

The longest book title is 4,558 words!

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#60

Pineapple works as a natural meat tenderizer.

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#61

The cast of Friends still earns around $20 million each year.

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#62

Humans are also the only animals whose brains shrink.

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#63

The wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months.

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#64

You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during flight.

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#65

The English word with the most definitions is "set."

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#66

Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits.

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#67

Actor Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number instead of an agent or manager.

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#68

Plastic Easter eggs and plastic Easter grass were invented by a man who holds more patents than Thomas Edison.

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#69

The famed "Typhoid Mary" infected more than 50 people by cooking for them.

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#70

Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most No. 2 Billboard hits — without ever hitting No. 1.

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#71

The Comic Sans font came from an actual comic book.

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#72

The Queen has some hidden hideaways.

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#73

Bill Gates has donated nearly half his fortune.

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#74

Nearly all species to have ever existed on Earth are extinct.

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#75

Cell phones are full of bacteria.

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#76

Chewing gum after a meal reduces heartburn.

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#77

Boyfriends do more housework than husbands.

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#78

Fat bear week is a thing.

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#79

There's no such thing as "pear cider."

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#80

Some people have an extra bone in their knee.

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#81

The Bayeux Tapestry is 70 metres long!

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#82

There is graffiti that's 1000s of years old!

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#83

A narwhal's tusk reveals its past living conditions.

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#84

The world wastes about 1 billion metric tons of food each year.

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#85

Pringles aren't actually potato chips.

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#86

There's a decorated war hero dog.

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#87

Chinese police use geese squads.

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#88

Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia.

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#89

Danes once bred a pig to look like the flag.

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#90

America accidentally dropped an atom bomb on South Carolina in 1958.

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#91

The least interesting day in history was April 11, 1954.

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#92

The severed head of a sea slug can grow a whole new body.

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#93

Pigeons can tell the difference between a painting by Monet and Picasso.

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#94

"E" is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words.

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#95

Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard left his post at Ford's Theatre to go for a drink.

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#96

A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat.

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#97

The man who founded Atari also started Chuck E. Cheese.

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#98

One man was once constipated for nearly two months.

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#99

The Silverback gorilla can lift almost a literal ton.

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#100

It's a myth that people are either "left-brained" or "right-brained."

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#101

Bigger forks lead you to eat less.

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#102

The Slinky was invented by accident.

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#104

The human body literally glows.

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#105

The dot over the lower case "i" or "j" is known as a "tittle."

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#106

The first iPhone wasn't made by Apple.

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#107

There may be 2,000 active serial killers in the U.S. right now.

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#108

It's impossible to hum while you hold your nose.

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#109

The longest word you can type with just your left hand is "sweaterdresses".

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#110

Urine used to be a detergent.

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#111

The feeling of getting lost inside a mall is known as the Gruen transfer.

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#112

There's a country where twins are most likely to be born.

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#113

There is an immortal jellyfish.

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#114

There's a textbook written entirely by an AI author.

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#115

The longest-living insect is the termite.

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#117

If you chill your onions you won't cry.

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#118

Your nose works one nostril at a time!

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#119

Many feet bones don't harden until you're an adult.

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#120

Bees sometimes sting other bees.

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#121

Our European ancestors were cannibals.

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#122

It is illegal to sell a "bounceless" pickle to somebody in Connecticut.

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#123

People sometimes mistake clouds for flying saucers.

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#124

The world's smallest reptile was first reported in 2021.

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#125

Some sea snakes can breathe through their skin.

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#126

Showers really do spark creativity.

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#127

There is a village called Dull.

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#128

The total weight of ants on earth once equaled the total weight of people.

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#129

A dozen bodies were once found in Benjamin Franklin's basement.

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#130

Playing the accordion was once required for teachers in North Korea.

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#131

The Australian government banned the word "mate" for a day.

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#133

Dogs like squeaky toys for a dark reason.

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#134

The hottest spot on the planet is in Libya.

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#135

A pharaoh once lathered his slaves in honey to keep bugs away from him.

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#136

Children's medicine once contained morphine.

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#137

Nutmeg can be fatally poisonous.

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#138

Harriet Tubman was even more heroic than you thought.

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#139

Apple Pie isn't actually American.

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#140

There's an entire town under a rock.

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#141

Beethoven could still hear after going deaf.

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#142

There is a fish with legs.

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#143

The first computer was invented in the 1940s.

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#144

Koalas have fingerprints.

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#145

Sharks can live for five centuries.

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#146

You can always "see" your nose.

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#147

There's a device that creates energy from snowfall.

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#149

Sweat doesn't actually smell awful!

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#150

The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields.

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#151

Creepy coffins were found on Arthur's Seat!

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#152

The London tube didn't used to have a roof.

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#153

More human twins are being born now than ever before.

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#154

Pigs are constitutionally protected in Florida.

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#155

Newborns don't have kneecaps.

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#156

That fish is probably labeled wrong.

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#157

You're pronouncing Dr. Seuss' name wrong.

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#158

Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart.

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#159

Shaq only ever made one three-pointer.

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#160

Sharks existed before trees.

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#162

There's a world record — and a happy ending — for the greatest distance thrown in a car accident.

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#163

France has a dozen time zones.

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#164

The Queen owns all the Swans and Dolphins!

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#165

Charles Darwin was a bit of an oddball.

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#166

A chef's toque contains 100 folds.

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#167

Fingernails don't grow after you die.

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#168

The healthiest place in the world is in Panama.

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#169

Many languages have the same roots.

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#170

Ants have a built-in FitBit.

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#171

Mr. Cherry breaks all the records you've never heard of.

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#172

And trees weren't always biodegradable.

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#173

Stressed men have altered proclivities.

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#174

Cold baseballs are worse than warm ones.

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#175

A whole room disappeared during WW2.

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#176

Women are attracted to the scent of good & plenty licorice candy and cucumber.

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#177

Someone once tidied up a piece of art.

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#178

Babies are physical anomalies.

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#179

The man who wrote "Dracula" had a huge imagination!

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