Random Interesting Facts

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    Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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    A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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    Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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    When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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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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    Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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