Minnesota fun facts because National Minnesota Day is tomorrow, March 1st. What do you know about Minnesota? Minnesota is home to packaged and prepared Spam. If you’re in the area, you can visit the Spam Museum at the Hormel headquarters in Austin. Two people from Minnesota have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Post-It Notes …
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Potholes — nobody likes them. Except maybe this one. For decades, a peculiar pothole has charmed passersby in a Chicago neighborhood. Although it does stand as a testament to the poor maintenance of Chicago streets, you can’t help but find the hole amusing. After all, it’s shaped like a squished rat. Although the unlucky rodent’s …
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America is a big, big country with plenty of places to see. Some of those places have… Unusual names. Certain place names are kind of raunchy, while others are just plain weird. But then there are those places that really should’ve just been named something different. Whether they’re gross by accident or design or just …
Have you read Dirty-Mouthed Parrots Become British Zoo Stars: Part One? Because this is part two. According to an academic paper, grey parrots’ “imitative abilities have been lauded at least since Aristotle,” and seen after surveying their learning and reproduction. When it comes to who is teaching who though, it’s pretty clear. “It’s certainly down …
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Dirty-mouthed parrots wouldn’t seem to be the star of any zoo but it turns out that even though people working with them are mortified, they are also amused. If you want to check them out, you can visit them at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Friskney, England. It’s now a family-friendly animal park with new …
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Any body of water can be scary, depending on how you look at it. Drowning is always a possibility and who knows what might be lurking underwater. That said, there are some lakes that are pretty objectively terrifying. Whether it’s because of the things living in them, the bizarre geology of the area they’re in, …
Why not bring in the season of spring than with spring festivals? Here are five festivals from around the world and a lot of them have something to do with water! Japan has Kanamara Matsuri or the Festival of Fertility, every springtime in Kawasaki, Japan. The tradition for these celebrations involves prayer for fertility, smooth …
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These spring break fun facts might surprise you. And remember, you don’t have to be in college to go on Spring Break! Between 1.5 and 2 million students go on spring break every year and collectively spend over one billion dollars. The number one U.S. Spring Break destination is Panama City Beach, Florida, closely followed …
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Here are more of the weirdest law of each state. Which weird law do you think has been to most strange so far? Virginia In the state of Virginia, it’s not legal to hunt on Sundays, that is, unless you’re hunting raccoons. The law states that you cannot “hunt or kill any wild bird or …
Have you read the most odd law about your state yet? Here are more of the weirdest laws of states. Massachusetts In this state, you better sing the national anthem correctly. The law reads that if a person “plays, sings or renders the ”Star Spangled Banner” in any public place, theater, motion picture hall, restaurant …