Results: Random Trivia Facts That May Surprise You
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As a lover of trivia, I am constantly learning new things, and some of them are quite surprising. Here are some random trivia facts about living creatures that may surprise you. Have you heard any of these before this survey?
Flamingos bend their legs at the ankle, not the knee. They essentially stand on tip-toe. Their knees are closer to the body and are covered by feathers.
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Octopuses and squids have three hearts. One pumps blood to their whole systems, and two are dedicated just to the gills.
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Bees sometimes sting other bees. If there's a rogue bee from another hive trying to steal some nectar, the guard bee will bite and even sting the intruder
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The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.
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Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
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Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
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Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.
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How about these facts about the world around us. Which ones did you already know about?
The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona. The Spanish city thought the design was too ugly, so Gustave Eiffel pitched it to Paris instead, as a temporary landmark during its 1889 International Exposition.
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The Empire State Building has its own ZIP code -- 10118.
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The head office of Ikea is in the Netherlands, and not Sweden.
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The British royal family is named after Windsor. The royal family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1917 so it would sound less German and chose Windsor because they had ties with the English town.
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The widest highway in the world is Interstate 10 in Texas, which at its widest point is 26 lanes.
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Two-thirds of the people on Earth have never seen snow.
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There are more vacant houses than homeless people in the Unites States.
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How about these food trivia facts -- did you know any of these already?
PEZ candy was invented to help smokers quit. When they were introduced in 1927, they were round mints sold in tins
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3 Musketeers bars got their name because they used to come with three flavors. Originally they came in three-packs, with a different nougat flavor in each: vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry.
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In the Philippines, McDonald's serves spaghetti
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Most wasabi paste isn't real wasabi. Wasabi is expensive, so most companies use horseradish instead.
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Avocado has highest protein content of all fruit.
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Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
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Ripe cranberries will bounce like rubber balls.
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Eating too much nutmeg has the effect of a hallucinogenic drug.
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And finally, how many of these pop culture trivia facts did you know already?
The first mobile device to be called an "iPhone" was made by Cisco, not Apple.
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Sesame Street's Cookie Monster is actually named Sid
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Pop singer Fergie voiced Charlie Brown's sister, Sally in the Peanuts cartoons
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A 1965 Slumber Party Barbie came with a diet book that advised readers not to eat… at all.
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Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal made the only three-point shot he would ever make in his entire career on February 16, 1996.
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Dr. Seuss, the popular children's book author, was born with the name Theodor Seuss Geisel. Seuss is his mother's maiden name, and it is pronounced "soice" (rhyming with voice).
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