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Amazing Facts & Trivia (27th Edition)
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- The Philippine island of Luzon has a lake that has an island that has a lake that has an island.
- People with blue eyes are more prone to alcoholism.
- Bonsai parachuting is where parachuters jump out of a plane after their chutes. Yikes!
- Up until the 1930’s, a failing grade in school got you an “E”, not an “F”.
- 50,000 years ago, ducks the size of horses roamed Australia.
- 80,000 dams in the U.S. don’t produce any electricity
- In the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan all motor vehicles have been banned since 1898.
- Studies show that more creative people have childhood trauma.
- CEO Reed Hastings started Netflix after he had to pay $40 late fees on a VHS rental return.
- The last train robbery in the U.S. was in 1970.
- Did you know the term “brain freeze” is actually a trademarked name by 7-11 stores.
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson bought his first telescope at age 14 by walking neighborhood dogs.
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