Random Interesting Facts

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    Money Can Buy Happiness
    Money Can Buy Happiness
    Money can buy happiness, but researchers have found that its emotional well-being benefits max out at a salary of about 75K a year.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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    The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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    Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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    Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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