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In 2011, Abercrombie & Fitch offered $10,000 to cast members of “Jersey Shore” if they agreed to stop wearing their brand on the show.
The Apollo mission left mirrors on the Moon, which allow us to “ping” it with lasers to measure its exact distance from Earth.
New York City, home to more than 628,000 Chinese residents, has the largest Chinese population of any city outside of Asia.
“Bookworm” originally referred to insects such as beetle larvae, silverfish, or cockroaches that damage books, while paper lice feed on mold in poorly maintained books.
Without the Moon, Earth’s rotation would be much faster, and a single day could last only about eight hours, since the Moon’s tidal pull gradually slows the planet over time.
In 1994, Unisys, which held the GIF compression patent, tried to charge for using GIFs. This led to the creation of the free PNG format, causing Unisys to abandon their plans.
The Apollo 11 astronauts left one of Yuri Gagarin’s medals on the Moon to honor the Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human in space.
In 1826, Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon bigger and cheaper. It was never completed and is now nicknamed “Scotland’s Disgrace.”
Uranus is the only planet named after a figure from Greek mythology, taking its name from Ouranos, the ancient Greek god of the sky.
NASA scientists reported in 2015 that Mars once held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, forming a vast ocean that covered up to 19% of the planet’s surface.
Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, has low gravity and a dense atmosphere. If you attached simple wings to your arms there, you could fly just by flapping them!
The “UFO Abduction Insurance Company,” a leading alien abduction insurance provider based in Florida, has sold over 6,000 policies since 1987.
In 1962, the BBC banned the “Monster Mash” for being “too morbid,” only lifting the ban in 1973 when it reached number three on the U.K. singles chart.
While the names of most constellations are Greek in origin, many stars in the night sky have Arabic names.
One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. Horsepower is about 746 watts. The term was coined in the late 18th century.
Our oceans contain an estimated 20 million pounds of gold dissolved in seawater, but it’s so diluted that extracting it would cost far more than the gold itself is worth.
Cellophane was invented in 1908 to protect tablecloths from wine spills, but it was later adapted for use as packaging.
Neptune is home to the strongest winds in the entire Solar System, with speeds clocking in as fast as 1,200 miles per hour (1,930 km/h).
In the 1875 Dublin whiskey fire, 13 people died not from the flames but from alcohol poisoning after whiskey from burning warehouses flooded the streets and was drunk by residents.
The longest Cricket Test match lasted over 12 days between England and South Africa in 1939 and ended in a draw because the English team had to catch their boat home.
Vernors Ginger Ale is the oldest soda still being sold. It was created by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor in 1866.
In 1981, the Reagan administration proposed USDA regulations that would have allowed condiments like ketchup to be classified as vegetables; however, this move was never implemented.
