Unusual Facts Thread

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passion purpura is the medical term for a hickey.

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The longest running TV drama was Guiding Light, which was canceled in 2009 after 57 years and nearly 16,000 episodes.

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There is a theater in Russia where all the actors are cats

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Egypt's Great Pyramid weight an estimated 6,648,000 tons

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At the turn of the 20th century, boys were dressed in pink and girls were dressed in blue.

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Bamboo can grow at a speed of around three feet per day

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Soy milk doesn't need to be refrigerated until after it's opened. Supermarkets sell it out of the refrigerated section to make it seem more like cow milk.

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Soy milk doesn't need to be refrigerated until after it's opened. Supermarkets sell it out of the refrigerated section to make it seem more like cow milk.

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Lycanthropy is a disease in which a man thinks that he's a wolf

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Kellogg's corn flakes and graham crackers were originally developed to curb sexual urges.

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The first archaeological evidence of soup comes from 6000 B.C. and its primary ingredients was hippopotamus.

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The Mall of America, located in Minnesota, is about the size of 78 football fields.

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The cables of the Golden Gate Bridge contain 80,000 miles of steel wire.

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From one giant redwood or sequoia, it would be possible to build 60 average sized houses.

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The most abused drug in the world is caffeine.

Not in Scioto County!

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Subway was started by 17-year old, Frank DeLuca who was only looking for a way to pay for medical school.

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In 2001, a cat named Skittles walked 350 miles from Wisconsin to her home in Minnesota after being lost on a family vacation.

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Despite common belief, your heart does not stop when you sneeze.

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From one giant redwood or sequoia, it would be possible to build 60 average sized houses.

Cool stuff. Love those big sequoia's. Beautiful and amazing trees.

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The lethal dose of caffeine for humans is ten grams, or about 100 cups of coffee consumed in four hours.