Random Interesting Facts

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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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    A study found that 68% experienced “phantom vibration syndrome” — a sensory hallucination where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing.
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    Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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    Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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