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Monday, October 29, 2018

52 Facts You Can Use To Impress Your Friends

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Here are 52 facts about random things, nothing you really need to know to make it through a day, but interesting nonetheless. Share these facts with your friends or just impress them with your big brain at the bar.

1) NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHO HOLDS THE PATENT FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT BECAUSE THE PATENT OFFICE THAT HELD THE RECORDS BURNED DOWN.

hydrant

2) CROISSANTS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRIA AND ACTUALLY AREN’T FRENCH.

3) IN A DECK OF CARDS, THE KING OF HEARTS IS THE ONLY KING WITHOUT A MUSTACHE.

King

4) THE AVERAGE PERSON SPENDS 2 WEEKS OF THEIR LIFE WAITING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

5) BEFORE RUBBER, PEOPLE USED BREAD TO ERASE PENCIL MARKS.

6) SPEAKING OF PENCILS, THEY HAVE ENOUGH GRAPHITE IN THEM TO DRAW A LINE 35 MILES LONG.

Pencil

7) VELCRO WAS INSPIRED BY THE BURRS FROM PLANTS THAT GET STUCK TO YOU.

8) CHOCOLATE MILK WAS FIRST SOLD AS MEDICINE.

9) THERE ARE ABOUT 177,000 WAYS TO TIE A TIE…AND I ONLY KNOW 1!

10) SILLY PUTTY WAS ORIGINALLY MADE TO BE A RUBBER SUBSTITUTE DURING WWII.

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