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359 years after the Catholic Church forced Galileo Galilei to recant his theory that the Earth moves around the Sun, it declared he was right in 1992.

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An average adult's skin spans 21 square feet (2 m2) and weighs 9 pounds (4 kg).

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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

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Diamonds are not forever. Under very high heat, they turn into graphite, the stuff of pencils.

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A grizzly bear has to eat almost 20,000 calories a day.

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1 in 5

top 100 country songs

will refer to

alcohol.

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The letter combination "USA" is banned on Saudi Arabian license plates.

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Charles Darwin suffered from panic disorder and agoraphobia.

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GPS is owned and controlled by the U.S. Government. It can be 'switched off' at any time.

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Drug lord Pablo Escobar had a prison built to his specifications and to choose his own guards. It featured a soccer field, a giant doll house, a bar, jacuzzi and a waterfall.

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City of Industry, California,

has a population of 219

but is home to

80,000 jobs.

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Alaska is so big you could fit 75 New Jerseys in it.

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Grizzly bears have a bite-force of over 8,000,000 pascals, enough to crush a bowling ball.

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Inca architecture was built to be earthquake resistant. Inca masonry is effective in withstanding even major tremors.

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During the Vietnam War, American troops would eat small amounts of C4 plastic explosive to get high.

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There's a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus alive today. He's a Spanish noble.

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Richard Johnson, the 9th Vice-President of the U.S., openly treated an African-American woman as his wife, although legally she was his slave.

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The scientific name of the llama is "lama glama."

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In Judaism, there's a blessing thanking God for having the ability to excrete.

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Instagram banned the tags #curvy #sex and #nude as they violate their nudity guidelines.

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Several long-duration Russian cosmonauts have reported that months after coming back to Earth, they occasionally let go objects in mid-air, still expecting them to float.

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The fastest ascent from base camp to the summit of Mount Everest took just 8 hours and 10 minutes.

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In 1962, John F Kennedy secretly installed a taping system in the White House.

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