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Kindness Makes the World a Better Place
After 9/11, the Maasai tribe of Kenya gifted 14 of their most important cattle to America.
In 2013, PayPal accidentally credited US$92 quadrillion to a man from Pennsylvania.
In 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain merged to create a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The 1999 “Ig” Nobel Peace Prize went to the inventors of cars fitted with flamethrowers to prevent carjacking.
Humans are 50% heavier and four inches taller in the past 100 years than they have been throughout most of human history.
JUN 24, 2011 Serengeti, Tanzania – Group of African Masai or Maasai tribe women
“What’s the Weather Like Up There?”
Napoleon wasn’t short. He was actually taller than the average Frenchman.
In 536 AD, a worldwide dust cloud blocked out the sun for a year, resulting in widespread famine and disease.
The eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883 was the loudest sound in recorded history, audible up to 3,000 miles away.
Mexican General Santa Anna had an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg.
Ice-Age Britons used human skulls as cups.
Napoleon
Marvellous Memphis Mansion
In 2008, a chimpanzee named Anjana adopted and raised two baby white tigers named Mitra and Shiva.
A clean mouth has between 1,000 and 100,000 bacteria on each tooth.
An estimated one-third of the world’s population has tuberculosis bacteria, but most never show any symptoms.
Elvis Presley was just 22 when he paid US $102,500 for Graceland, the Memphis mansion that served as his home base for two decades.
British troops liberated the concentration camp holding Anne Frank just weeks after her death.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, USA – MARCH 22, 2019: Graceland in Memphis. The mansion was built in 1939 but later bought by Elvis Presley who lived here from 1957-1977.
A Not So Fa-Brew-Lous Flavour
Polish soldier Witold Pilecki volunteered for internment in Auschwitz to gather information, escape and tell about the Holocaust.
The oldest hotel in the world is the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi, Japan and has been running since 705AD.
Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal and possess 350° vision.
At over 401 acres, the Hindu temple Angkor Wat in Cambodia is the largest religious structure in the world.
Coffee doesn’t taste like it smells because saliva wipes out half the flavour.
Coffee
Just a Little Rusty
A steady stream of minor accomplishments makes you more satisfied than a few major ones.
Mars is red because it is covered in rust (iron oxide).
Your mind “rewrites” boring people’s monotonous speech to make them sound more interesting.
According to studies, the key to happiness is to spend your money on experiences rather than possessions.
A man received the heart of a suicide victim, married his widow, and years later killed himself in the same way his donor did.
Planet Mars Isolated (Elements of this image furnished by NASA). 3D rendering
The Great Golden Gate!
Cockroaches appeared 120 million years before dinosaurs.
The Golden Gate Bridge uses the largest bridge cables ever made, long enough to encircle the world more than three times at the equator.
The sport of Ultimate Frisbee is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
A cat nicknamed “Unsinkable Sam” survived the sinking of three separate ships during WW2.
Jessica Cox became the world’s first licensed armless pilot in 2008.
