Facts with Chris

These are facts. Probably. A popular newspaper calls them "Insightful. Edgy. Relevant." Others refer to them as "Stop asking me and go home." You be the judge.

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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence in American English.
Buffalo =
1. Buffalo, NY
2. "To bully"
3. The animal
The expanded translation is "Buffalo bison, that other Buffalo bison bully, also bully Buffalo bison."

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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words, stemming from hippopotamuses fear of their own specie's name.

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The juniper berry gets it's name from being discovered in June and Latin roots "uni" and "per". Uni=one. Per=Pear. It's a pear people. A single pear.

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In some story lines, Dick Grayson has an unfortunate life. In all story lines, he has an unfortunate name.

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The pilgrims sailed on high seas with their ships la Pinta, la Santa Maria, and la Piña Colada, which gave rise to the popular drink.

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The best laid plans of mice and men involve cheese.

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Some species of earthworm can have as many as 10 hearts, and each one breaks a little more remembering lovers past. #loveisayoungwormsgame

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Rod Stewart says that the first cut is the deepest, reminding everyone that context is important.

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Steven Seagal is nowhere near the likeness of a fine wine.

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Eddie Redmayne is neither red nor does he have a mane. Mufasa sues.

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Salmon swim upstream only because every time one turns downstream, it flys past the others too fast to tell them how much easier it is.

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3 years running, love in the time of cholera has been voted favorite movie that people have never seen.

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Fumbling a football was previously known as a whoopsidaisy but President Garfield deamed that "wussy af".

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The pilgrims absolutely hated corn, but went along with the Indians just to be nice neighbors.

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President Reagan famously loved jelly beans, but jelly beans could not love him back because love is fickle.

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The abominable snowman & big foot began a game of hide & seek many moons ago w/o discussing who would count 1st so they've both been hiding.

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Statistically, 38% of people named Edgar are bound for a life of woe.

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If walls could talk they'd be passive aggressive.
"Oh THAT'S what you're wearing? That's an interesting choice..."

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The CIA hosts an elite task force made up primarily of mallard ducks. They are useless and haven't been seen since the winter of '98.

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Popularly unknown, in the late 60's there was a serial killer known as Janis Choplin. I know what you're thinking, no, not the botanist.