Yarr, avast, and so forth! It’s National Talk Like a Pirate Day, so grab your parrot, tricorne hat, and comically oversized earrings, and make some landlubbers walk the plank. Well, that’s how we picture pirates in the popular imagination, anyway. But the weird thing about pirates is that a lot, if not most of what …
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These unexpected fun facts could be brand new to you and how fun is that? Do you think you know the unexpected fun facts on the list? Depending on the clarity of the sky, you can potentially see four state from Chicago’s Willis’ Tower (the old Sears tower) including Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Apples …
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What do Texas and prehistoric Earth have in common? At least one thing — everything is bigger in both places. Many types of animals that still roam the planet today already existed millions of years ago. Many of them were just a whole lot bigger. We’ve covered some monstrous versions of modern animals before. That …
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The sun has the largest mass of anything in all of space. Did you know that about the sun? The sun is a steaming ball of plasma made of hydrogen and helium and not a solid mass. Sunspots are areas on the sun that are cooler and happen in the photosphere. Solar panels harness energy …
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The human brain is on average about three pounds. And a bunch of other fun psychology facts! Making decisions by thinking through them in a foreign language will help you be more rational. Us as humans have less of an attention span than a goldfish. The brain uses 20% of the body’s total amounts of …
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The circus is in town! Time to go have a good time and see the clowns, lion tamers, trapeze artists, and… Is that a severed human hand in a jar? Back in the day, circuses and carnivals were a bit than what we know today. Sure, they still had clowns and whatnot, but they also …
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Ancient Egypt had a culture that loved cats, tattoos and makeup. Here are more facts about the longest, on-going civilization in the world. Sphinx were used in Ancient Egypt as bodyguards over sacred sites. A sphinx being the mythological creature with both the head of a human and the body of a lion. The most …
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Did you know the teeny tiny hummingbird has 100 different species and that they don’t eat with their long beak but rather lap up sweet liquids like a cat and milk? Here are more teeny tiny hummingbirds. There is a lot of variability with the color and look of the iridescent parts of hummingbirds. The …
It’s already September 5th and there are a bunch of things to celebrate this month for all the National Day Holidays! September 5th: National Be Late For Something Day National Cheese Pizza Day- What a great day to eat a cheese pizza. Whether you douse it with sauce and a dash of Parmesan Cheese or …
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There are plenty of haunted houses and dark forests on land to give you the creeps. But things aren’t much better if you set out on the open sea. Multiple regions of the world’s oceans a notorious for being weird and unsettling. It might be because of the rumored supernatural phenomena, the things lurking beneath …