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#3681
12-08-2018, 06:17 AM
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 Before there were alarm clocks, there were “knockers-up”, who were hired to shoot dried peas from a blow gun at people’s windows in order to wake them up in the morning. 
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#3682
12-09-2018, 03:36 PM
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 The Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record Project Is Dead. Britain's 1000mph dream is over. Without a new investor, Bloodhound Programme Ltd. couldn't avoid liquidation.
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#3683
12-11-2018, 03:20 PM
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 The Beatles! Wait. What? When originally formed, Pete Best was the drummer who was replaced by Ringo Starr about a year after the band started preforming
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#3684
12-11-2018, 03:22 PM
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 Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.
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#3685
12-11-2018, 03:23 PM
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 Ravens in captivity can learn to talk better than parrots.
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#3686
12-11-2018, 03:24 PM
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 When Disneyland opened in 1955, "Tomorrowland" was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986.
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#3687
12-11-2018, 03:26 PM
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 Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein.
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#3688
12-11-2018, 03:28 PM
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 In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
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#3689
12-11-2018, 03:30 PM
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 The duffel bag gets its name from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth used in the bags was originally sold.
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#3690
12-11-2018, 03:32 PM
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 The act of stretching and yawning is called pandiculation.
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