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Feb 03 2016
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Language, Uncategorized

Fact #1030: There are 8 monosyllabic words that are 9 letters long, tied for longest single syllable word: screeched, schlepped, scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched, straights, and strengths.

Source: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/what-is-the-longest-one-syllable-english-word

Feb 02 2016
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Food, Uncategorized

Fact #1029: Soft-serve is technically different than standard ice cream, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.

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

Feb 01 2016
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People, Uncategorized

Fact #1028: According to the FBI Director, the FBI is having a hard time filling positions to help tackle cyber crimes because a lot of the nation’s top computer programmers and hacking gurus are also fond of marijuana.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/05/20/director-comey-fbi-grappling-with-hiring-policy-concerning-marijuana

Jan 29 2016
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People, Uncategorized

Fact #1027: A 37-yo German woman who suffered an accident at the age of 20 that left her blind also had Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personalities). One of her personalities, a teenage boy, can see.

Source: http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2015/11/25/blind-woman-with-multiple-personalities-can-see-when-shes-a-teenage-boy/

Jan 28 2016
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Food, History, Language, Uncategorized

Fact #1026: Animals and their meat have different names (e.g. deer = venison) because the peasants that raised the animals used the animal’s Germanic name while the aristocracy that ate them used the French name.

Source: https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=beef

Jan 27 2016
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History, Uncategorized

Fact #1025: In 2002, a Croatian diver got lost in an underwater cave and stabbed himself in the chest to avoid the agony of drowning.

Source: http://neuron.mefst.hr/docs/CMJ/issues/2003/44/3/12808733.pdf

Jan 26 2016
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Entertainment, Uncategorized

Fact #1024: Star Wars: The Force Awakens spent $50M more on advertising and trailers than they did on production.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens#Commercial_analysis

Jan 25 2016
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Food, Uncategorized

Fact #1023: More salt is used for de-icing roads (8% of global manufactured salt) than for human consumption (6%).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt#Non-dietary_uses

Oct 15 2015
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Entertainment, Uncategorized

Fact #955: The footage of Jazz being thrown out of the house on ‘Fresh Prince’ was only filmed once. The actor had to wear the same clothes in episodes he was thrown out to avoid continuity issues.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9vUNDY45Jc&feature=youtu.be

Apr 01 2015
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Fact #828: Introducing… namantrolledge.wordpress.com. NamanKnowledge is taking a break.

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