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Albania was the only Nazi-occupied country where the Jewish population grew during WWII, as many Muslim Albanians sheltered and protected Jewish refugees.
Hormel Foods, the creator of SPAM, kept a file of the hate mail they received from U.S. soldiers who had to eat the canned meat product while deployed overseas.
The first time Mickey Mouse talked was in the 1929 episode “The Karnival Kid.” His first words were “Hot dogs!”
On February 6, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard became the first man to play golf on the Moon.
On September 19, 1967, the Republic of Benin was declared but lasted only seven hours before Nigerian forces retook Benin City.
In 1980, Rosie Ruiz was declared the women’s winner of the 84th Boston Marathon, but lost the title after it was revealed she joined the race near the finish and ran only the final mile.
Karen, Plankton’s computer wife on “SpongeBob SquarePants,” is voiced by Jill Talley, who has been married to Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, since 1996.
Sea cucumbers eject their organs to fend off predators during fights, and then grow them back within a few days.
NASA’s Voyager space probes each carried record players and a golden record containing greetings in Earth’s languages and a variety of sounds from Earth.
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise, which is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.
In the 1920s, the U.S. sold a radioactive “health” drink called Radithor. Its biggest fan, millionaire Eben Byers, drank about 1,400 bottles before dying from radiation-induced cancers.
The nearest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf located about 4.24 light-years away in the Centaurus constellation.
The death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides) is considered the world’s most poisonous mushroom. If consumed, death is not immediate and may follow several days of severe illness.
The U.S. Flag Code, which dictates how to care for and display the flag, is not just a set of guidelines; it is actually federal law. But, while it is the law, it’s not enforced.
In May 2003, a Boeing 727 was stolen from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola. Neither the plane nor the thieves were ever seen again.
In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig. This is due to the fact that they’re social animals and require companionship to prevent loneliness and associated health issues.
Nintendo intentionally made the Switch game cartridges taste disgusting to stop children and pets from putting them in their mouths and accidentally swallowing them.
China has its own space station, the Tiangong space station. Like the International Space Station, the Tiangong is made up of multiple modules.
In 2015, the Bank of Canada asked Canadians to stop “spocking” their $5 bills, which involved drawing features of Star Trek’s Mr. Spock on the portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Bartitsu is a form of martial arts that originated in Victorian England. It was geared toward the upper class as a method of self-defense.
Roundabouts are great for the environment as they can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 23% to 34%.
