Top 10 Fun Facts That'll Absolutely Crush Your Boredom

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    Text - Fact #276 FactRepublic.com When the Soviet Union was pushing towards Berlin, an SS soldier was forced to play piano for his captors. They made it clear in sign language that he would be executed the moment he stopped. He played for 22 hours, after which he collapsed in tears. They congratulated him, then shot him.
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    Elephant - Fact #274 FactRepublic.com A 30-year-old elephant named Ben sought help at a safari lodge after being shot by poachers. The elephant waited patiently near the lodge for the 6 hours it took a vet to fly in and dress his 3 bullet wounds.
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    Text - Fact #277 LORRIESSENS IKKENIELE FactRepublic.com The Beatles helped end racially segregated concerts by refusing to play at segregated events.
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    Text - Fact #280 FactRepublic.com The Simpsons' "Bart Gets an Elephant" is based on an episode of "The Price is Right". An elephant was offered as a "bonus prize" as a joke. The real prize was $4,000 but the contestant wanted the elephant. The contestant got his wish & a live elephant from Kenya was delivered to him.
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    Text - Fact #275 Applebee's FactRepublic.com Julia Stewart, who worked as a waitress at IHOP at 16 years old, worked her way up |through various jobs to become a President at Applebees. After being passed over for CEO, she returned to IHOP, became CEO, and later acquired Applebees.
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    Killer whale - Fact #273 FactRepublic.com A newspaper posted a poll asking readers if watching Blackfish-a documentary critical of SeaWorld for keeping orcas captive-changed their opinions of SeaWorld. The results were "No." It was later revealed that 55% of the votes came from a single IP-address, hosted by SeaWorld.
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    Text - Fact #271 FactRepublic.com Marilyn Monroe was really good friends with Ella Fitzgerald. Monroe was instrumental in getting Ella past racial barriers to performing and they stayed friend until death.
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    Text - Fact #272 FactRepublic.com September 11th, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file retirement paperwork. When he heard the explosion at the world trade center he immediately responded and was later killed when one of the towers collapsed. He was the only off-duty officer killed on 9/11.
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    Font - Fact #279 KieKat NET WT 4507 94 233 12 FactRepublic.com Kit Kat is produced globally by NESTLE, except in the US where it's made by their competitor HERSHEY. Crisp Wafers in Mk Chocelats Nestle ickat
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    Text - Fact #278 FactRepublic.com Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.
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