German was the US' #2 most spoken language, before it was forcible repressed during WW1.
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The Infinite Monkey Theorem, stating monkeys with typewriters could produce the entire works of Shakespeare, has been tried in real life. They wrote five pages of 'S', bashed it with a stone and defecated on it.
In North Korea you are forced to choose one of 28 government-approved haircuts.
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
Disneyland opened in 1955.
Bacteria, the tiniest free-living cells, are so small that a single drop of liquid contains as many as 50 million of them.
Corduroy comes from the French, cord du roi or cloth of the king.
The average pencil can a draw a line 35 miles long.
In Japan, watermelons are squared. It's easier to stack them that way.
Bird droppings are chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.
2.7 million videos are added to YouTube each day.
Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
It is illegal to frown at cows in Bladworth, Saskatchewan.
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
Hitler was claustrophobic. He had the walls of his lift covered with mirrors to make the space appear open.
Michael Jordan earns more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Sitting straight upright in your chair is bad for your back. You should instead at an angle of 135 degrees.
You can extend the length of a free trial by pushing back the date on your computer.
Bacteria, the tiniest free-living cells, are so small that a single drop of liquid contains as many as 50 million of them.
There were 240 pedestrian fatalities in New York City in 1994.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
Bird droppings are chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
Violence has been steadily declining over the course of human history - We are currently in the most peaceful era.
In Japan, watermelons are squared. It's easier to stack them that way.
It is illegal to frown at cows in Saskatchewan, Canada.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
It takes 8.5 minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
Bird droppings are chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.