Fascinating Facts That'll Pulverize Your Boredom

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Jun 25, 2017 6:00 PM EDT
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    Bodybuilding - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first cousin Tanoai Reed has nearly the same body type as The Rock, and has been his stunt double for all of his movies the past 13 years.
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany King George Vof England Czar Nicholas Il of Russia At the time of WW1, the King of Britain, Russia, and Germany were all first cousins. When asked about WW1, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany sarcastically remarked, "lf my grandmother [Queen Victoria] had been alive, she would never have allowed it."
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Age Sourde terkmaikka.fi A giant rock performing an unbelievable balancing act on a seemingly smooth, curved mound in the dense forests of Finland is a mystery because nobody knows how it got there.
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    Product - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com BAYER PHARMACEUTICAL samples and PRODUCTSPIRN Literature to Send far igle TAR LYCETOL HEROIN RBENFABRIKEN FRIEDR BAYER&C ELBERFELD De mi wwwsN Vann omat0st OSE SALOPHEN Heroin hame geselzio 9 Nom depose 40 STONB ST ARBENFABRIKEN OF ELBERFELD CO. NEW YORK. In 1898, Bayer introduced diacetylmorphine which was marketed as a cure for morphine addiction as well as a cough suppressant. The drug is better known by its trade name,
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    Landmark - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Disney quietly cut ties with McDonald's in 2006 so as not to be associated with childhood obesity
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    Photo caption - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Łrpage credite GREGORIO BORGIA, AP When Pope Francis released white doves from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square in Rome, the "symbol-of-peace" birds were immediately attacked by a seagull and a crow.
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com maga cradie Wakmed commons RESTAURANT ANTOINE A New Orleans restaurant has been owned by the same family since 1840. Antoine's famous for oysters Rockefeller and baked Alaska has had five generations of the family run it, and a sixth is preparing to take over. It is the U.S.'s oldest continuously family-run restaurant
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    Cartoon - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: Disney Mulan has the highest body count of any Disney character, including villains, and was the first Disney princess to kill the main villain in her movie. 40
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    Facial expression - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit StonyComs A Californian care homě that went bankrupt. About 16 elderly residents were abandoned, most staff left but the janitor and the cook stayed behind to care for the residents at their Own expense
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    Marine mammal - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: Leigh Caivez via wikime dia Granny, the oldest orca in the world, has been swimming around since 1911. She's 105 years old and predates the Titanic!
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    Flag - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has been going for 631 years and still stands today.
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit NASA MARS LOCAL SOLAR TIME NASA has special wristwatches that keep Mars time for employees working with the rovers.
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    Bivalve - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: Bangor University The oldest animal ever recorded was a 507-year-old mollusk called Ming. It died because the British researchers who found it didn't realize how old it was, so they froze it for research purposes.
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    Photo caption - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: Saskatchewan Arehives Board A goat called Sergeant Bill became a Canadian war hero during WWI when he butted three soldiers into a trench to avoid an exploding shell.
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    Vehicle - source is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: NASA An SR-71 Blackbird once flew from L.A. to Washington, DC in 64 minutes. That's an average speed of 2,145 mph.
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com A British soldier who fought in both World Wars was shot in the face, head, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived a plane crash, tunneled out of a POW camp, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor wouldn't amputate them. He later said, "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com If you started putting $6.35 in your savings account every day when you turned 30, you would be a millionaire by age 65.
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    People - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com In Japan's universal health care system, Hospitals, by law, must be run as non-profit and be managed by physicians. For-profit corporations are not allowed to own or operate hospitals. Clinics must be owned and operated by physicians.
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    Photo caption - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: Saskatchewan Arehives Board A goat called Sergeant Bill became a Canadian war hero during WWI when he butted three soldiers into a trench to avoid an exploding shell.
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    Landmark - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com The richest man in India built a $1 billion building which has 27 stories, a gym, a dance studio, multiple swimming pools, a 50-seat cinema, nine elevators, a space for 160 vehicles, and three helipads. His 600 staff live there.
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    Product - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Fal Shops in Japan place orange balls of paint near the register as an anti-crime device. The staff throws the ball at the criminal, which explodes on impact and stains the criminal with distinctive orange paint for the police to easily identify. 23051
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    Drink - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com thel LAGE Heineke Germans celebrate Father's Day by having "oddly dressed men pulling wagons filled with beer into parks and drinking until they pass out."
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    Lady - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Marie Antoinette's last words were: "Pardon me, sir.I meant not to do it."It was an apology to the executioner for accidentally stepping on his foot on her way to the guillotine.
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    Statue - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: humansofsiliconvalley.com There is a statue of Nikola Tesla in Silicon Valley that radiates free Wi-Fi.
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    Photo caption - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image.credit: Fox News lestle er's Häagen Das A man named John Harrison has a job tasting ice cream. He has tasted samples of over 200 million gallons of ice cream, and his taste buds are insured for $1 million.
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Fmage credit: Image Credit Kristina Gehrmann illustration In 1846, John Torrington perished during an expedition to find the Northwest Passage. When his corpse was exhumed 138 years later, it was almost perfectly preserved-eyes wide open, clothing intact, and limbs so flexible that moving him felt like moving someone unconscious rather than dead.
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    Text - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com Image credit: BCCL When an Indian law required bars to be at least 500 meters from certain roads, one bar built a maze in front of its entrance to triple the walking distance from the door to the street. Regulators accepted this solution.
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    Photo caption - source Is mentioned in our blog: www.unbellevablefactsblog.com danage credita Gfficial GDC via flickr When Nintendo had a fall in revenue from the less-than-successful Wii U console, its CEO cut his pay in half for five months rather than penalize the workers.
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