The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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If you're one in a million, there are about 7,234 people just like you.
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Pumbaa from "The Lion King" was the first character to fart in a Disney movie.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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