Fun Facts

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Fuel is injected into the engine in modern cars to help the combination be more efficient.

 

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Bald eagles mate for life

 

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Gold leaf used as an embellishment to some food products is actually made from gold.

Gold is inert and nontoxic to humans and if ingested will pass straight through with no effect.

 

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Abraham Lincoln was actually a licensed bartender

 

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Starboard in relation to ships originally meant steer board.

 

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During his entire lifetime the artist Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting

 

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Aircraft tyres are filled with nitrogen gas.

 

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Ants can carry more than 50 times their own weight

 

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The tread pattern in tyres help to disperse water when driving in rain.

 

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There’s a statue of Jason Voorhees, the fictional Friday the 13th serial killer, chained to the bottom of a Minnesota lake

 

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September 2025 marks the 200 year anniversary of public rail travel.

 

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A single lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the sun

 

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Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its atmosphere.

 

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Those tiny pockets in jeans were actually designed to store pocket watches

 

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Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean is the most remote spot on the planet.

If you found yourself there, the closest people to you would be on either of the 2 space stations in orbit.

 

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Neil Armstrong’s hair sold in 2004 for $3000. Not sure who’d want to own the hair of an astronaut but to each his own.

 

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The asteroids in the asteroid belt are not closely packed. They are hundreds of miles apart.

 

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Frogs can freeze for an entire winter but still survive

 

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Copper is the best conductor of electricity.

 

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People once ate arsenic to improve their skin