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You Didn't Know That...

by Aravindaksha
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…The only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table is “J”.
…There were two Artificial Intelligence chatbot created by Facebook which were supposed to talk to each other, but they were shut down as they started communicating in a language they made for themselves!!
…A single strand of spaghetti is called “Spaghetto”.
…Hershey’s Kisses are named after the kissing sound the chocolate makes as it falls from the machine onto the conveyor belt.
…If you leave a party without telling anyone, it is called “A French Exit” in English, and in French it is called “partir à l’anglaise” meaning “To leave like the English”!
…In Colorado, USA, there is an active volcano which last erupted approximately when the Egyptian Pyramids were being built!
…The tongue is the only muscle in one’s body that is attached only on one end!
…There are more lego minifigures than there are people on Earth!
…There is a genus of spider called the “Bagheera”, from the “Jungle Book” and it has a species honoring Rudyard Kipling named “Bagheera Kiplingi”. Interestingly, this spider which was discovered in the 1800s is the only spider that is a vegetarian!
…The Roman-Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years, from 54 BC to 628 AD!
…IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown!
…There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house!
…The human eye is so senitive that if the Earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle’s flame could be seen from over 30 miles away!
…The color red does not really make bulls angry since they are color blind!
…To properly write adjectives in order, you would list them by amount, value, size, temperature, age, shape, color, origin, and material.

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…The only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table is “J”.

…There were two Artificial Intelligence chatbot created by Facebook which were supposed to talk to each other, but they were shut down as they started communicating in a language they made for themselves!!

…A single strand of spaghetti is called “Spaghetto”.

…Hershey’s Kisses are named after the kissing sound the chocolate makes as it falls from the machine onto the conveyor belt.

…If you leave a party without telling anyone, it is called “A French Exit” in English, and in French it is called “partir à l’anglaise” meaning “To leave like the English”!

…In Colorado, USA, there is an active volcano which last erupted approximately when the Egyptian Pyramids were being built!

…The tongue is the only muscle in one’s body that is attached only on one end!

…There are more lego minifigures than there are people on Earth!

…There is a genus of spider called the “Bagheera”, from the “Jungle Book” and it has a species honoring Rudyard Kipling named “Bagheera Kiplingi”. Interestingly, this spider which was discovered in the 1800s is the only spider that is a vegetarian!

…The Roman-Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years, from 54 BC to 628 AD!

…IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown!

…There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house!

…The human eye is so senitive that if the Earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle’s flame could be seen from over 30 miles away!

…The color red does not really make bulls angry since they are color blind!

…To properly write adjectives in order, you would list them by amount, value, size, temperature, age, shape, color, origin, and material.

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You Didn't Know That...