Category Archives: People

Dec 06 2016
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Entertainment, People

Fact #1245: Keanu Reeves got the role for Neo in The Matrix because Will Smith turned it down in order or shoot Wild Wild West.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix

Nov 29 2016
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People

Fact #1240: President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

Source: http://www.snopes.com/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/

Nov 22 2016
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People, Religion

Fact #1235: Unlike most Buddhist monks, the Dalai Lama is a meat eater. In the 1960s, he tried being vegetarian for a bit but had to give it up after he got sick with hepatitis.

Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2010/10/16/the_dalai_lama_is_a_meateater.html

Nov 01 2016
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History, People

Fact #1222: The middle finger has been used as a derogatory gesture for at least 2400 years, with the middle finger representing a phallus and the ring and index fingers representing testicles.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16916263

Oct 24 2016
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Animals, Health, People

Fact #1217: Licking a wound is an instinctive response in humans and many other animals. This is because saliva contains a substance that promotes blood clotting and the enzyme lysozyme, which attacks the cell walls of bacteria, to guard against infection.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wound_licking

Oct 07 2016
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People

Fact #1204: Anderson Cooper has no formal training as a journalist and interned at the CIA before taking up the profession.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper#Career

Oct 03 2016
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People

Fact #1200: Salvador Dalí designed the Chupa Chups lollipop logo.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/modernmasters/virtual-exhibition/dali/15-chupa-chups-logo.shtml

Sep 22 2016
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People

Fact #1193: The epitaph on the gravestone of Mel Blanc (who was the voice of almost every Looney Toons character) says “That’s All Folks”.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc

Sep 21 2016
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People, Places

Fact #1192: Russian cosmonauts used to pack a shotgun in case they landed in Siberia and had to fend off bears.

Source: https://warisboring.com/soviet-cosmonauts-carried-a-shotgun-into-space-a9e7852c6da5#.ubbrbvqpc

Sep 20 2016
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History, People

Fact #1191: U.S. President John Tyler was referred to as “His Accidency” when he became president after his predecessor William Henry Harrison died in office.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler

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