Did you know that your Christmas tree is edible? Turns out, it is. But, don’t eat it. There are a number of reasons you shouldn’t eat your Christmas tree, if you even thought to do it in the first place. National take down your Christmas tree day was last Friday January 6th. It falls on …
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Did you read National Trivia Day was January 4th, Celebrate with This Trivia: Part One? Because this is part two of fun fact-filled trivia. What’s the city with the most diversity in terms of language? Answer: New York City The ancient Phoenician city of Constantine is located in what modern-day Arab country? Answer: Algeria Havana is the …
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Did you know that National Trivia day was on January 4th? And of course, there’s no better way to celebrate than with fun trivia. What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released? (Hint: It was a Disney Movie) Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs What is the rarest M&M color? Answer: Brown What TV …
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When famous people are alive, we want to see them. After they die, we apparently want to keep seeing them. That must be why so many dismembered body parts of celebrities and other famous people have been on public display. And that’s not a form of entertainment that has died off — many of them …
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Huge construction projects are rarely easy. With practically all of them, you can expect at least a few spanners in the works along the way. Sometimes, though, the spanners just keep piling up. And they’re big ones. We can all probably name at least a couple of miserable building projects around our hometowns that have …
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To read, The History of the Big Names in Soup: Part One, visit the link. This is part two. Heinz Sales Heinz sales sored, crossing $3 million by 1899. They too added a chemist, Henry Heinz’ son, Howard. Howard had also spent time in Europe but mostly playing around, partying and not being serious. Cooking …
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Have you ever finished a book and felt like you didn’t really get what you just read? We can promise you, what you felt was nothing compared to trying to comprehend these documents. Throughout history, people have written utterly incomprehensible texts, books, and manuscripts. Some of them are hoaxes or written in an intentionally unreadable …
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Here is 7 Things You Didn’t Know About The “Real” Wild West: Part Two. Go here for 7 Things You Didn’t Know About The “Real” Wild West: Part One. Camels in Texas? Camels were imported into Texas to help with the transportation of goods. Crazy to think when we’re used to horses and cattle for …
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Everyone has heard the term, the “Wild West,” but what do we really know about it? Here are a bunch of facts about the “real” Wild West. Topographic Maps It was the efforts of Captain Wheeler and his team that resulted in topographic maps of the United States. The Wheeler Survey group had one of …
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War is a terrible, brutal thing where many people die in vain. Except when they don’t. Now, we can all name countless examples of absolutely atrocious wars. But there are also many lesser-known wars that saw no deaths, injuries, or even fighting. Here are five bloodless wars from history where no one ever did any …