Unusual Facts Thread

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The Empire State Building in New York gets struck by lighting about 23 times a year.

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The idea of painting fingernails originated in China, where the color of someone's nails indicated their social rank.

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. A human brain has a capacity to store 5 times as much information as Wikipedia.

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Two days out of 365 days of the year feature no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL). The day before and the day after the MLB All-Star Break.

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Temperature can effect a person's appetite. A cold person is more likely to eat more food.

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Very deep cleavage was a fashion trend in the 14th century. Some dresses were cut low enough to allow the nipples to be exposed.

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A sneeze travels out of your mouth at more than 100pmh

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85% of American shoppers go to their right when entering a store.

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In 2003, there were 86 days of below-freezing weather in Hell. Michigan

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In 2003, there were 86 days of below-freezing weather in Hell. Michigan

That's pretty cool right there. They was talking about that on WC onetime.

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Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.

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you cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva.

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Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on Tv in 1952

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Of the 247 billion email messages sent every day, 81% are pure spam

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Humans actually have nine senses, not five, including thermoception, the sense of heat [or its absence] on our skin.

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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

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There are at least 100,000 chemical reactions going on in a normal human brain every second.

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A program was launched in Belgium in 2001 to replace sugary drinks and soda in school lunches with beer.

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65% of test subjects had the urge to yawn after merely reading about yawning.

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Humans shed around 600,000 particles of skin every hour. That means we'll lose 105 pounds of skin by the age of 70.