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During World War I, hamburgers in the U.S. were nicknamed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name.
China has a 3,000-mile network of underground tunnels, often referred to as the “Underground Great Wall.” These tunnels are used to store and transport ballistic missiles.
Pluto measures approximately 1,477 miles (2,377 km) in diameter, about one-fifth the width of Earth.
Deaf people with schizophrenia may experience visual hallucinations, such as seeing hands signing or lips moving, rather than auditory hallucinations.
Flamingos pull one leg up to their bodies to save heat that could otherwise be lost when standing in cold water.
Liechtenstein realized at the 1936 Olympic Games that its blue-red flag was identical to Haiti’s civil flag, so the following year, they added a gold crown to distinguish it.
Costa Coffee employs Gennaro Pelliccia as a coffee taster, who has had his tongue insured for £10 million since 2009.
After the USSR successfully launched the world’s first satellite, NASA tried to launch its own. It crashed in 3 seconds, so the press dubbed it “Kaputnik.”
The only planet named after a Greek god instead of a Roman god is Uranus. If it were named after the Roman equivalent, it would have been called Caelus.
Oscar the Grouch was magenta in his concept sketches, then he was orange in Sesame Street’s first season in 1969, and finally became green the following year.
In perfect conditions, there are around 5,000 stars visible to the naked eye when you look up at the night sky.
There are over 400,000 pounds (181,437 kg) of trash on the Moon. While most of it is from crashed spacecraft and lunar landers, some is real trash, like human waste.
The oldest known D20 dice were discovered by a collector in Egypt back in the late 19th century. The dice, which feature Greek letters, were made between 340 and 30 BC.
Glitter is terrible for the environment; most glitter products are made from plastic and release microplastics into our water sources.
Discovered in 1997, Chariklo is an asteroid in the outer Solar System and the first known asteroid found to have its own rings, which were detected in 2013.
As of 2024, corporal punishment in schools is still legal in 17 U.S. states and actively practiced in 14.
In 2008, a Buzz Lightyear toy spent 15 months aboard the International Space Station as part of an educational partnership between NASA and Disney Pixar.
In 1998, David Bowie released an Internet provider called BowieNet. Subscribers were offered exclusive content and a BowieNet email. It was shut down in 2006.
Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire, means “bellybutton” in Quechua, as the Incas saw it as the central point or “navel” of their empire.
The Messier catalog of astronomical objects doesn’t include any objects viewed exclusively from the southern hemisphere, as Charles Messier made his observations from France.
