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Amazing Facts & Trivia (27th Edition)

  1. The Philippine island of Luzon has a lake that has an island that has a lake that has an island.
  2. People with blue eyes are more prone to alcoholism.
  3. Bonsai parachuting is where parachuters jump out of a plane after their chutes. Yikes!
  4. Up until the 1930’s, a failing grade in school got you an “E”, not an “F”.
  5. 50,000 years ago, ducks the size of horses roamed Australia.
  6. 80,000 dams in the U.S. don’t produce any electricity
  7. In the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan all motor vehicles have been banned since 1898.
  8. Studies show that more creative people have childhood trauma.
  9. CEO Reed Hastings started Netflix after he had to pay $40 late fees on a VHS rental return.
  10. The last train robbery in the U.S. was in 1970.
  11. Did you know the term “brain freeze” is actually a trademarked name by 7-11 stores.
  12. Neil DeGrasse Tyson bought his first telescope at age 14 by walking neighborhood dogs.
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