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Roger721
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Hey everybody. Everybody loves random facts, right? So I've created this topic to discuss about them.

They must be interesting and real (no need to cite sources, but they must be real) and (according to the AG rules) they must have 7 or more words.

Let me begin.

In England a woman named Ceejay Epton (age 22) decided to change her name after her son was born. The reason: she wanted to help the baby to learn the alphabet faster. Then she changed her name to

"Ceejay A Apple B Boat C Cat D Dog E Elephant F Flower G Goat H House I Igloo J Jellyfish K Kite L Lion M Monkey N Nurse O Octopus P Penguin Q Queen R Robot S Sun T Tree U Umbrella V Violin W Whale X X-Ray Y Yo-yo Z Zebra Terryn Feuji-Sharemi"

She got the idea from a friend that wanted to be named "Pink" and decided to change her name too.

The good news is that on England, the name changing process is easy and costs £10

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MagicTree
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a googol actually has 100 zeros. a googolplex has 10000.

Actually googolplex has 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (googol) zeros
master565
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Actually googolplex has 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (googol) zeros


Or 10 to the googol power. The number is inconceivably large, big enough that (according to wikipedia), it would take 4 times the size of the of the estimated universe to write it in one-point font, or it would take 1.1Ã-10(to the 82nd power) times the age of the universe to write it (writing 2 digits a second).
Dregus2
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The word Cretan actually comes from the ancient phrase: "all cretan's are liars. So if you call someone a cretan you imply that they are a liar.

psychoraven
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The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

bschnauzer7
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If someone really could turn invisible, they would not be able to see, because your eyes need to reflect light to let you see things.

Patrick2011
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If someone really could turn invisible, they would not be able to see, because your eyes need to reflect light to let you see things.


I found a loophole: If you turned invisible, but your eyes remained visible, you could still see, but you only appear as floating eyes.
master565
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If someone really could turn invisible, they would not be able to see, because your eyes need to reflect light to let you see things.


Not if the way you're invisible was by reflecting light around you, in that case, you would see through the material doing that. link
EmperorPalpatine
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The reason it smells after a rainstorm is caused by bacterial spores.
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waterlinkedgirl
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In France you may not call a pig Napoleon

calemango
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Did you know that vending machines are killers? It's true, more than ten people are killed by them every year. I'm afraid to buy snacks from the vending machine, jk ;P. Also, your tongue is the strongest muscle in your body.

Patrick2011
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Did you know that vending machines are killers? It's true, more than ten people are killed by them every year.


How do vending machines kill people?
bschnauzer7
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How do vending machines kill people?


Intelligent (and possibly piss drunk) people try to shake them or whatever to get snacks out, and it falls on them. It almost happened to my Dad when he was young (he was such a radical teenager).
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The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 words.

psychoraven
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American car horns beep in the tone of F.

psychoraven
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There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye, hip ,arm, leg, ear, toe, jaw, rib, lip and gum).

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