60 Amazing Facts for National Trivia Day
(via Mental Floss) Here’s a little-known fact: January 4th is National Trivia Day! Celebrate by working some of these amazing
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Would You Eat Food Made With “Trash”?
(via Smithsonian) An increasing number of food companies are using food normally destined for the dumpster, and a new study shows
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Welcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch
(via Great Big Story) At 58 letters, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest town name in all of Europe. It wasn’t always
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The Russian Woodpecker
(via Amusing Planet) Anyone who listened to shortwave radio or was a ham radio operator from the mid 1970s to
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Pizza Boxes: The Most-Seen Artwork in America
(via Great Big Story) Freeport Paper manufactures some of the most widely seen graphic art in America: the pizza box.
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After The Holidays, Christmas Trees Have More Work To Do
(via Atlas Obscura) Every year as the Christmas season approaches, celebrants around the world cut down small evergreens and put
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Top 10 Fresh Facts About The Great Barrier Reef
(via Listverse)Visible from space, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the largest animal-made structure in the world. Across half a million
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So Chill: The Ice Farmer of Colorado
(via Great Big Story) The Ouray Ice Park is a manmade ice climbing venue operated in a spectacular natural gorge
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Crazy egg facts you probably didn’t know
(via Grunge) Eggs are so useful, we sometimes forget how amazing they are. We just crack them into a pan,
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Toronto’s Camouflaged Electric Substations
(via Amusing Planet) More often than not, industrial infrastructures are an eyesore, especially when they are smack in the middle
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A Look at the World’s Only Underwater Post Office
(via Mental Floss) You’re probably familiar with the postal credo of not letting rain or snow or sleet interfere with
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Wild Poinsettias Can Grow 8 Feet Tall
(via Atlas Obscura) The poinsettia, a red-leafed plant that appears everywhere around Christmastime, first came to the United States in the
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