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

    My cat also is immune to catnip and cat thyme. I have to use regular heroin on her :D

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

    Ahhh THANK YOU.. in my time ( 50something years) I have lived with 10 cats. NONE of them liked catnip.

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

    I've always wondered why my none of cats never liked it! I almost thought it was a myth.

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

    This is the thing! My cat is like, what the heck is this c**p.

    Suzanne Haigh
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are several varieties of catnip, not all cats react to all of them.

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

    I live in USA, my cat doesn't like cat nip, she literally acts like it doesn't exist. I've even tried the fresh plant and she just ignores it lol.

    mom24boys
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Less than 1/2 the cats I have ever owned (anywhere between 20 and 40) have cared at all for cat nip.

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

    Just like Snoop Dog doesn't respond to weed .... anymore LOL !

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

    My cat (I’m in Australia) never did. And in fact, none of the cats I’ve ever had did. I never knew why though...

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

    Yep, I bought some for our cats. Couldn't have cared less.

    Kori K. Warriner
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've experience a mix of reactions. The ones who pass out, the ones who go crazy, the ones who become lovebugs, the ones who become aggressive, and the ones who have no response whatsoever.

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

    Too bad. Didn't cat's, brought in by the first settlers, obliterate a few native species?

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

    Oh.... So thats why they are getting slaughtered instead of stoned. Pun intended 🤣

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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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    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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