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The world's oldest yacht club is the Royal Cork Yacht Club which opened in Ireland in 1720.

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Only 6% of people work in the profession they aspired to in childhood, a study in Spain found.

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Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the Parliament in order to start a Catholic government, not to put England in a state of anarchy.

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While less than 5 percent of the
world's population lives in the U.S.,

they consume almost 37%
of the world's cocaine.

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Each tree can absorb 4.8 pounds of CO2. In a year, an acre of trees absorbs equal the amount of CO2 produced by driving a car 26,000 miles.

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There are 4 states in the U.S. that ban oral sex but allow necrophilia.

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The number of H2O molecules
in 10 drops of water

are equal to the number of
all the stars in the universe.

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Ronald Reagan

was the only

U.S. president

to have been divorced.

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The average person in France sleeps 8.83 hours per day, the most in the developed world.

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In middle school, 74% of girls express interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, but when choosing a college major, just 0.4% of high school girls select computer science.

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During WW1, New Zealand raised an army of 100,000 men, about 10% of its population.

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Cuba was caught sending Weapons to North Korea in 2013.

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Benjamin Franklin

invented

the bifocals eyeglasses

in 1784.

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The company that owned the WTC had scheduled a meeting for 9/11/2001 on Tower 1 to discuss what to do in the event of a terrorist attack, but rescheduled the night before because someone couldn't attend.

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Before his passing, George Washington had become opposed to slavery, and in his will he ordered his 300 slaves to be freed after his wife's death.

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In 2013, two physicist managed to

"tie" water into knots.

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51% of Americans fear snakes, most than any other thing in the world.

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90% of all wine produced in the world is meant to be consumed within a year or two from when it's made —an older wine is not always better.

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There's a nightclub inside a prison in Venezuela.

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A survey found that almost 9% of Americans fear zombies, which don't even exist.

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56% of Germans and 52% of Britons believe that aliens exist, according to a survey.

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The first online transaction ever was

Stanford students buying marijuana from MIT students.

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The naked mole rat is unable to feel pain, is the only known thermoconforming mammal, is resistant to cancer, and possesses extraordinary longevity for a rodent.

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There are approximately

3.04 trillion trees on earth.

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After 3 months in the womb, a fetus already has a preference for which hand it uses the most.

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Two tablespoons of honey would be enough to fuel a bee's entire flight around the world.

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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, only 28 people would live on the island.

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Tuberculosis killed 1.5 million people worldwide in 2014, making it a larger cause of death than AIDS.

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Miami is the only major U.S. city that was founded by a woman.

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80% of volcanic eruptions happen underwater.

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