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29 Facts That Don't Suck

YoMcfly Published 04/07/2015

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1. In Finland, when someone achieves their PhD, they're given a top hat and sword.
2. In her lifetime, a cow will give nearly 200,000 glasses of milk.
3. Stephen Hillenburg, who created the the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants," is a marine biologist.
4. A "nibling" is the the gender-neutral word for niece or nephew.
5. Only 11% of the world is left-handed.
6. Nutella was invented in WWII when an Italian baker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend the ration.
7. Betty White was born six years before sliced bread.
8. "J" is the only letter of the alphabet not used in the Periodic Table of the Elements.
9. Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
10. Disney World is the size of San Francisco or two Manhattans.
11. Every year, there are about 850 million visits to American museums.
12. State Farm Insurance's jingle, "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there," was written by Barry Manilow.
13. And so was "I am stuck on Band-Aids, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me."
14. The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
15. Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau once dated Kim Cattrall a.k.a. Samantha from Sex and the City.
16. It's not illegal to go topless in New York City.
17. Seven Yankee Stadiums could fit inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN.
18. The King James Bible has inspired the lyrics to more pop songs than any other book.
19. Google Earth's database is over 20 petabytes, which is about 20 million gigabytes.
20. In Siena, Italy, it's illegal to be a prostitute if your name is Mary.
21. Canned food was invented 48 years before the can opener.
22. Some scientists believe that shaking the head to mean "no" is derived from newborns turning their heads away from food when they are full.
23. After Leonardo da Vinci's death, King Francis I of France hung the Mona Lisa in his bathroom.
24. Fully stretching your arms and torso plus yawning also has a term, "pandiculation."
25. There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.
26. Regardless of that fact that there's a population over 1 billion, China only has about 200 different family names.
27. It was all the way back in the 1860s that "Conversation Hearts" were created.
28. Quentin Tarantino once played an Elvis impersonator on the TV show Golden Girls.
29. Starfish have no brains.

1. In Finland, when someone achieves their PhD, they're given a top hat and sword.
2. In her lifetime, a cow will give nearly 200,000 glasses of milk.
3. Stephen Hillenburg, who created the the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants," is a marine biologist.
4. A "nibling" is the the gender-neutral word for niece or nephew.
5. Only 11% of the world is left-handed.
6. Nutella was invented in WWII when an Italian baker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend the ration.
7. Betty White was born six years before sliced bread.
8. "J" is the only letter of the alphabet not used in the Periodic Table of the Elements.
9. Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
10. Disney World is the size of San Francisco or two Manhattans.
11. Every year, there are about 850 million visits to American museums.
12. State Farm Insurance's jingle, "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there," was written by Barry Manilow.
13. And so was "I am stuck on Band-Aids, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me."
14. The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
15. Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau once dated Kim Cattrall a.k.a. Samantha from Sex and the City.
16. It's not illegal to go topless in New York City.
17. Seven Yankee Stadiums could fit inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN.
18. The King James Bible has inspired the lyrics to more pop songs than any other book.
19. Google Earth's database is over 20 petabytes, which is about 20 million gigabytes.
20. In Siena, Italy, it's illegal to be a prostitute if your name is Mary.
21. Canned food was invented 48 years before the can opener.
22. Some scientists believe that shaking the head to mean "no" is derived from newborns turning their heads away from food when they are full.
23. After Leonardo da Vinci's death, King Francis I of France hung the Mona Lisa in his bathroom.
24. Fully stretching your arms and torso plus yawning also has a term, "pandiculation."
25. There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.
26. Regardless of that fact that there's a population over 1 billion, China only has about 200 different family names.
27. It was all the way back in the 1860s that "Conversation Hearts" were created.
28. Quentin Tarantino once played an Elvis impersonator on the TV show Golden Girls.
29. Starfish have no brains.

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