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Most birds have a middle ear receptor called the Vitali Organ. It allows them to sense small changes in atmospheric pressure. Birds use this to predict a storm is coming to seek shelter. Once in place, they usually stay quiet adding to “the calm before the storm.”
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Bostonians rejoice! F. Scott Fitzgerald is credited for the first use of “wicked” to ironically mean “good” in his book This Side of Paradise. #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #Literature #boston #wicked #classic #popculture #lingo #word #english #newengland #awesome

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The American Chestnut is not fully extinct. There are millions that grow each year, but they do not make it to full maturity. Scattered around the eastern US, there are 2500 that have made it to maturity. Scientists monitor them across North America
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The real name of the hashtag, or pound sign, is an Octothorpe. The “at sign” (@) does not have a unique name. #hashtag #atsign #octothorpe #symbol #character #texting #text #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #socialmedia #pound #poundsign

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The first American to be awarded the Croix de Guerre from France was William Henry Johnson in WWI. They called him “Black Death” for repelling 12-36 Germans with his rifle butt, grenade, and bolo knife. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015. #BlackHistory #fact

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San Francisco Giants Manager Alivin Dark once said, “There’ll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.”  Perry hit his first home run 5 years later, and mere hours after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. #triviatweets #nasa #baseball #mlb #giants #sanfran #hr

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There are approximately 2,000 languages spoken in Africa.

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Most mammals, irrespective of size, empty their bladder in approximately 21 seconds. It is known as “universal urination duration” based on the work of Dr. Patricia Yang. There is probably a “golden rule” joke in here somewhere. #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #urine #pee

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Samuel Beckett employed a man named Boris Rousimoff to help build his farm north of Paris. Beckett became friends with Rousimoff’s son, and frequently drove him back and forth to school. The son later became a famous wrestler named Andre The Giant. #triviatweets #wwe #WWERaw

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The Capital Beltway around Washington DC is 64 miles long. Only 0.11 miles of it is actually in DC.  
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Forgot the hashtags! #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #fruit #pineapple #ananas #english

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A delicious tropical fruit is known around the world as ananas, or similar phonetic variant from the Tupi Language “nanas” meaning “excellent fruit.” Except in English. For this, we blazed our own trail and called it “pineapple.”

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Pennantia baylisiana, the Three Kings Kaikomako, is the rarest tree in the world. There is one left in New Zealand, & it is female. Botanists found its fruit and have planted them to grow a male to plant near the female. #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #trees #beauty #rare

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The Newby-McMahon building in Wichita Falls, TX claims to be the world's smallest skyscraper. Investors thought it would be 480' (feet) tall and provided $200k for construction costs. They failed to notice the contract said 480" (inches). #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #tx

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The narrowest street in the world is in Reutlingen, Germany. At its narrowest point Spreuerhofstraße is 31 centimeters wide and 40 centimeters wide on average. It is less than 4 meters long. #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #germany #europe #street #record #narrow #cool

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In 1850 there were about 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park. Today, there are 25. Scientists predict 0 will remain by the end of the 21st Century. #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #glacier #NPS #NationalParks #GNP #ClimateCrisis #climatechange #globalwarming #montana #USA

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Prepone is a word used in India as the opposite of postpone. It first appeared in India in the 1970s and is an English word of Indian origin. It is also not commonly used outside of India. #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #english #india #grammar #language #communication

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Too many heroes to count that day, and all days since. Thank you all.

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On 9-11-01, the US grounded all flights and refused all incoming international flights for the first time in history. The man responsible for these orders was Ben Sliney, and it was his first day on the job. #triviatweets #trivia #facts #random #ThankYou #911Anniversary #faa