IT'S A FACT!

Your daily dose of random, interesting and funny facts.

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It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

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Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy.

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The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".

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There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

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In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons.

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The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, by a Russian peasant woman.

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Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

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Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.

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It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".

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Cats can produce over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs can only produce about ten.

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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

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The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic.

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Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

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The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.

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27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "A meaningless existential hell."

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All porcupines float in water.

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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" were considered a dirty word.

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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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A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.

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The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.