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We make personalized books packed full of curious facts about the year and day someone was born. In that fashion, we love learning curious facts about the world and the people/animals that live (and have lived) in it.

Scroll through 39 of the best facts we've found. Follow our Facebook page to learn more!

Editor’s note: One incorrect fact was removed from the list and two were clarified with additional information.

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    Jonathon Smith
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They benefit from high altitude, a culture which values good runners and an unusually high percentage of their muscle mass is posture muscle (endurance) rather than twitch (strength). Funnily on the west coast of Africa (the ultimate origin of many Jamaicans) the twitch/posture ratio is reversed, which makes for very good sprinters and other sports requiring explosive power.

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    Daria B
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IQ tests are flawed, though. They only adapt to one type of affinities. They're inventing various kinds of IQ tests and IQ groups because of that. And exploring various kinds of ways to measure intelligence.

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    Kaisu
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When Jesus was alive, the Stonehenge was already a ruin. It's sometimes hard to grasp where everything is in relation to each other on the historical timeline

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    Daria B
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends. Make it last 7 years - friendship never eeeeeehends" ♬♪

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    Felix Feline
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia's diameter is 600km wider than the moon's. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.

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    Falcon
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A good stance, but difficult to execute due to pressure from the school and classmates, I would assume.

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    Kaisu
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Older people should take like Internet safety classes to prevent this from happening.

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    Lenka Smetanová
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once saw a document about sloths. One of them fell in the water, where an aligator was. But He manage to swim away *mindblow*!!!!

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    Podunkus
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her great line on SNL: “If I ever wanted get in touch with old friends, I’d have to use a Ouija board.”

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    Kaisu
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Finland we used to watch a Disney cartoon on Christmas Eve too! At least when I was a kid, don't know about kids today

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    Podunkus
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that may be, plus cacao’s theobromine (an alkaloid similar to caffeine), but who the hell drinks three cups of pure dark chocolate a day anyway?

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    Cyndi H
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need a bit more clarity on this... Can anyone explain?

    Sanne H.
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It has to do with the way all animals in the world are classified in sets and subsets. Tigers, leopards and lions are different species, but they belong to the same genus "panthera". The mouflon, the snow sheep and the domestic sheep are different species, but they all belong to the same genus "ovis". The West African giraffe, the Masai giraffe and a couple of other species all belong to the same genus "giraffe".

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    Kiwii Stone
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The most commonly thought of giraffe is the Rothschild giraffe :)

    Jon Wong
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this sounds dumb but i have to know...are there different species in human

    Podunkus
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Different extinct species of hominids, like the Neanderthal, but “Homo sapiens” is the single human species.

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    Ahmad Pujianto
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Southern giraffe ( Giraffa giraffa ), the Masai giraffe ( G. tippelskirchi ), the reticulated giraffe ( G. reticulata ), and the northern giraffe ( G. camelopardalis). But, wait.. Aren't all species have sub species too??

    Mieke Sorée
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it the same with different types of elephants, or is that different?

    Mary Rose Kent
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m guessing it’s the same since African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.

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    Lauren Caswell
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like how zebras are closer to giraffes then they are horses, I guess?

    Owen KL
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are four distinct species of giraffe in Africa – Masai, southern, northern and Reticulated giraffe, with several subspecies. All four giraffe species and their subspecies live in geographically distinct areas throughout Africa.

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    Daria B
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's still celebrated in Croatia and kids get sweets on his day. They also get presents for Christmas too.

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    Jesper Rasmussen
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Prince the artist had been made a prince in a tribe, would his title then be “Prince Prince”?

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