There's no shortage of interesting facts on the internet, and here's a list of some of them. If you are eager to broaden your horizons or just want some interesting tidbits to impress your friends or perhaps use at trivia night, we've got you covered.
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"An FBI informant secretly wore a wire to breakfast with a city official suspected of bribery, and met the suspect at the WTC Marriott. In the middle of getting a confession, the informant ends up making what is believed to be the only uninterrupted audio recording of the Sept. 11 attack."
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"Bats eat enough insects to save the US over $1 Billion a year in crop damage and pesticide."
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"Wells Fargo was forced by the feds to rehire a whistleblower employee that reported fraud, and pay him $5.4 million in damages."
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"Harambe’s mother, only full brother, and two of his half siblings were killed when a tub of wet chlorine tablets was left by a space heater. The toxic fumes were blown into the gorilla enclosure and killed the four gorillas."
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"The first McDonalds Drive Through was made for soldiers, who were unable to leave their vehicle while in uniform."
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"The Maasai tribe in Africa donated 14 cows to the United States after 9/11."
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"Disney World is legally allowed to build a nuclear plant in Florida under a 1960s law."
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"United Airlines once forgot to help a blind woman off the plane, despite assuring her they would. While waiting, she suddenly heard the plane's door seal shut: "And then, just complete silence. And I started calling out with no response." She was later saved by the maintenance crew."
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"The iconic Einstein-sticking-his-tongue-out photo was his annoyed reaction to paparazzi goading him to smile on his 72nd birthday. It achieved cult status mostly because Einstein himself asked for a cropped version, ordered many prints and proceeded to send them to friends."
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"Robin Williams was offered, and accepted the role of The Joker in the 1989 film, "Batman." Warner Brothers had only made the offer to bait their first choice, Jack Nicholson, into signing on, which he eventually did. Williams was furious, and demanded an apology from the film studio."
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"Tiger beetles run so fast they temporarily blind themselves. When moving at up to 120 body lengths per second, their environment becomes a blur as their eyes can't gather enough light to form an image."
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"A fire destroyed most of Harvard Library’s collection in 1764. Only a small number of books were spared, including 144 that were checked out at the time. One of these books was found and returned in 1997."
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"Donald Duck has a twin sister named Della. First mentioned back in 1937, she did not make her animation debut until 2017. She is actually the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie."
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"There are more Lebanese descendants in Brazil than people living in Lebanon."
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"Batman's suit, arsenal of awesome gadgets, and secret identity were not created by Bob Kane. Gotham City was not even created by him. All these creations belong to Bill Finger, who died penniless while Kane did everything he could to suppress Finger’s involvement in creating the character."
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"World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate."
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"Bermuda has no natural water source. Each house collects rainwater using white, stepped roofs."
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"Scientists at the Parkes radio telescope in Australia spent 17 years trying to identify powerful but extremely short radio bursts that would appear at seemingly random intervals. In 2015 they finally identified the cause: a microwave oven at the facility being opened prematurely."
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"Pop Rocks, Tang, and Cool Whip were all invented by one person, Dr. William A. Mitchell."
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"In the operatic song in "The Fifth Element," composer Eric Sierra "purposely wrote un-singable things" so she’d sound like an alien. When opera singer Inva Muls came for the part, "she sang 85% of what [Eric] thought was technically impossible," the rest being assembled in the studio."
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