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Coffee with cream cools about 20% slower than black coffee.

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An estimated 20% to 25% of people are immune to hangovers.

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In Virginia, it is illegal to hunt on a Sunday, except for raccoons, which can be hunted until 2 AM.

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Gandhi Was Extremely Racist Towards Africans and even Lobbied for Segregated Entrances To Public Buildings

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British people say "Happy Christmas" because in the 19th century the word "merry" also meant "intoxicated" so they wanted to separate it from public insobriety.

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Drinking caffeine in the evening delays our brain's release of melatonin and interrupts our circadian rhythm by as much as 40 minutes.

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The man most responsible for the Rwandan Genocide was only sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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The King of Norway is 73rd in line to the British throne.

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In the UK, you can never be more than 70 miles away from the sea.

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The first President born in the U.S. spoke Dutch as his first language.

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1 out of every 4 dollars employers pay for healthcare in the U.S. is tied to unhealthy lifestyle choices or conditions like smoking, stress, or obesity.

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IKEA is an acronym: "IK" are the founder's initials, "E" is for the farm he grew up on (Elmtaryd), and "A" is for Agunnaryd, his village.

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A study found that fewer than 10% of people say they're not perfectionists

in any area of life, so perfectionism is a common trait.

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Around 7% of all wars in history were religiously motivated.

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Paul McCartney had a dream about his deceased mother, Mary, who calmly told him to "let it be." He started writing the song the next day.

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Barack Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal prison.

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The average American spends about US$232 on legal expenses each year.

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51%

of Britons have never had a one-night stand.

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Parking takes up as much as 14% of all land-use in Los Angeles County.

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The Chinese Han empire was aware of the Roman Empire and they sent envoys to each-other.

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The 3 tallest statues in the world are of Buddha.

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The most dangerous job in America is President: over 9% have been killed in office.

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Whenever Prince Charles visits the U.S., his Secret Service code name is "Unicorn."

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A man named Bud Weisser was recently arrested for trespassing at the Budweiser Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri.

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People of the world produce roughly 1,043,000 tonnes (that's 2,299,421,390 lbs) of poop each day.

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There are 5,865,696,000,000 miles or 9,460,800,000,000 kilometers in a light year.

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Despite its "Sunshine State" nickname, Florida is not the sunniest U.S. state. Arizona is, closely followed by Nevada.

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The volcanic system beneath Yellowstone holds

enough lava to fill 11 Grand Canyons.

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When the show "Friends" debuted, People Magazine gave it a D+ rating and Time magazine called the cast "dysfunctional morons."