Random Interesting Facts

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    Yucatán Name
    Yucatán Name
    The Mexican state of Yucatán was named so after a misunderstanding when the Spaniards arrived and asked the locals what they called the place. The locals replied "Yucatan" which means "I don’t understand you" in their native tongue.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    The scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Noodles, the guitarist for The Offspring, was the janitor for the school the band went to. He was allowed into the band because he was old enough to buy the band alcohol.
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    Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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