Random Interesting Facts

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    If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
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    When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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    The hands of the clock on the back of the $100 bill are set at approximately 4:10.
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