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Jeep vehicles all have seven slots in their front grille because Jeep was the first manufacturer to have its vehicle driven on all seven continents!

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Astronauts can connect to the Internet in space!

In the past, astronauts have been able to post tweets to Twitter;…

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The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot, including yellow and white carrots, and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today. Before this, pretty much all carrots were purple with mutated versions occasionally popping up including yellow and…

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No word in the English language rhymes with purple, orange, month or silver.

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Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

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When you kiss someone for a minute, you both burn about 2.6 calories.

According to that math, it would take about an hour of…

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Martha Stewart has been struck by lightning 3 times!

Naturally, the famous home decorator was at home each time. One time, she was struck by lightning in the stomach while washing dishes. Another time, she was on the phone, and lightning traveled through her skylight, hit her hand while she was holding onto a metal stand, traveled through her…

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2% of Earth's people have red hair.

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An elephant can die from a broken heart.

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Colombian sports fans brought their friend's dead body and coffin to a soccer match.

Christopher Jacome, a 17-year-old Colombian soccer fan, was tragically gunned down while playing his beloved sport. After his funeral wake, a group of friends carried him and his coffin to the local soccer stadium to catch one final match! Cucuta Deportivo, Christopher’s…

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The song "Kung Fu Fighting" only took ten minutes to record.

In 1974, Indian-born producer Biddu needed someone to record the song "I Want to Give You My Everything," so he contacted vocalist Carl Douglas. The single needed a quick and easy B-side, so Biddu composed a melody and Douglas provided some lyrics. The B-side was based on the martial arts craze that…

PARIS HILTON WEARS A SIZE 11 SHOE

an excerpt from her book: “I desperately hate one thing about my body: I have size 11 feet. I can’t believe people care what shoe size I wear! I mean, I’m not a guy so it doesn’t mean anything! Yeah, it sucks. But really, I don’t even care anymore. It sucks because in stores I see all these supercute shoes like Guccis,…

This is my first on neofundi so here goes. I will introduce new and interesting facts as time allows. Hope you like.

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There are weird similarities between Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy.

•Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

•Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.



•Both were shot…