Reasons

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Shrimps' hearts are in their heads.

 

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Did you know that the actor Jane Seymour's birth name is:
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.
Roy Rogers name was Leonard Slye
Dale Evans was Frances Octavia Smith.

 

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The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin "tri-" + "via", which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streets in Rome, they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of"trivia."

 

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Henry VIII only had two of his wives executed;
Anne Boleyn (#2) and Catherine Howard (#5).
Catherine of Aragon (#1) died after he had divorced her,
Jane Seymour (#3) died after childbirth (of Edward),
Anne of Cleves (#4) died after he divorced her
Katherine Parr (#6) actually outlived Henry.

 

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Jellyfish have no brains, yet they can tell light from dark, and sence movement.

 

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The term 'flying on cloud 9' originates from military flights. Cloud types are classified as numbers... with 'cloud 9' being a very tall thunderstorm. Jets have to climb to an extremely high altitude in order to fly over 'cloud 9.

 

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A dogs sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew. In fact, if you unfolded and laid out the delicate membranes from inside a dogs nose, the membranes would be larger than the dog itself.

 

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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now.

 

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The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

 

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Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

 

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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

 

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The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

 

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A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long.

 

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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first class

 

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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

 

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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

 

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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

 

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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.

 

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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

 

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The guy is a pig

 

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All U.S. presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like to be seen wearing them in public.

 

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Walt Disney was afraid of mice

 

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Pearls melt in vinegar.

 

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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

 

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The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

 

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Turtles can breathe through their butts

 

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A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

 

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A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

 

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A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

 

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Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.