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Dandereshy


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    Strange But True #36

    Next batch of weird facts, fresh from the internet! Enjoy!


    1. A man in 2007 tried to fake his own death to get out of a cellphone bill. It didn't work.

    2. Light doesn't always necessarily travel at light speed - light has been recorded moving as slow as 38 mph in a controlled vacuum medium.

    3. Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese that contains live maggots.

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  • 182 weeks
    Strange But True #35

    10 more amazing facts for you to enjoy!


    1. There are more public libraries in the United states than McDonald's.

    2. Chainsaws were invented for aid during childbirth. Yikes!

    3. Paper bags are worse for the environment than plastic ones.

    4. German chocolate is not named after the country. It was named after Sam German.

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  • 185 weeks
    Strange But True #34

    These are admittedly getting harder to do, hence the bi-weekly posting lately. Not to mention real life stuff preoccupying me. Nevertheless - here they are, 10 amazing facts! Enjoy!


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Jul
27th
2020

Strange But True #29 · 11:09pm Jul 27th, 2020

Weekly facts! Get 'em while they're still fresh!


1. As of May 2015, 2.3 Million Americans still subscribed to AOL Dial Up Internet.

2. The word ‘oxymoron’ is itself an oxymoron. This is because it derives from Ancient Greek where ‘oxy’ means ‘sharp’ and ‘moros’ means ‘stupid’.

3. 2013 was the first year since 1987 to feature four different numbers.

4. The term ‘deadline’ comes from the American Civil War. Prisoners would have lines drawn around them in the dirt, and if they crossed this line then they would be executed by their guards. Both prisoners and guards soon took to calling this line the ‘dead line’.

5. During the First World War, so many starving wolves had amassed together in a great pack that opposing German and Russian forces formed a temporary alliance in order to fight them off!

6. In 2007, a 1000-gallon inflatable swimming pool was stolen from someone’s back-garden without a single drop of water being found!

7. A study showed that boyfriends do more housework than husbands.

8. A cheetah can accelerate from 0-60 MPH faster than a Ferrari F430.

9. Seahorse males bear the unborn young.

10. 1 in 9 Americans think HTML is an STD. :unsuresweetie:

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Comments ( 4 )

How does one steal a swimming pool I wonder? I must figure this out. For science of course.

6. In 2007, a 1000-gallon inflatable swimming pool was stolen from someone’s back-garden without a single drop of water being found!

Now that's what I call a clean job.

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Science. Riiiight. 👀

5323973

Ayyyyyyy.

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