10 Fun Facts to Boost Your Knowledge and Erase Your Boredom

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    Font - Fact #395 DE FactRepublic.com A packet of cigarettes in Australia will cost $40 by 2020.
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    People - Fact #394 FactRepublic.com In 2010, at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, two women tried to smuggle their dead relative's body onto a flight by putting him in a wheelchair and putting sunglasses on him. It was only when airport staff tried to check him in and he wouldn't respond that suspicions were raised.
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    Text - Fact #397 FactRepublic.com A Scambaiter named Mike conned a "Nigerian Prince" out of $80 by pretending to be Father Hector Barnett of 'The Church of the Painted Breast' and convincing the scammer to take part in the church's initiation process.
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    Tennis - Fact #396 FactRepublic.com You're not allowed to swear when playing in Wimbledon. As such, line judges have to learn curse words in every language.
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    Text - Fact #392 FactRepublic.com In 1883, the Eruption of Krakatoa was so loud, it was heard over 3000 miles away, the equivalent of hearing a sound from Ireland while you're in Boston. It also ruptured the eardrums of sailors over 40 miles away, killed over 36,000 due to the eruptions and subsequent tsunamis.
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    News - Fact #398 STARDUS FactRepublic.com In 1993, a man named William Brennan walked out of the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas with $500K in cash and chips and vanished, along with his cat. He has never been heard from since, making it one of the most uccessful casino robberies in history.
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    Text - Fact #400 FactRepublic.com James Doohan (Scotty on 'Star Trek') was among the armada of Allied troops, who landed at Normandy. He successfully led his men through a minefield and killed two German snipers. In the process, he got shot six times. Four times in the leg, once in the chest, and once in his right middle finger. He probably would have died had it not been for a cigarette case made out of silver in his chest pocket that his brother had given him. His right middle finger had to be
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    Text - Fact #399 FactRepublic.com In 1990, First Lady Barbara Bush criticized The Simpsons as "the dumbest thing I've ever seen." Marge wrote a letter to her, in character, politely telling her not to be so judgmental and explaining that her family tried their best. Mrs. Bush later apologized for her "loose tongue".
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    Photo caption - Fact #393 FactRepublic.com Seinfeld wasn't actually a "show about nothing," it was a show about how comedians get their material. 1I
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    Text - Fact #391 FactRepublic.com Cate Blanchett's Academy Award for playing Katherine Hepburn in "The Aviator" made her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor. 11
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