Amazing Facts

The queen of England does not have the right to vote in any British election.

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The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts

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The rapid rate of expansion of gas is what gives steam its power. One volume of water, at normal atmospheric pressure and at the boiling point, yields 1,670 volume of steam.

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The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

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The reason why the very beginning of The Wizard of Oz is black and white, is because color was not available at that point. When color was available, the writers decided to start using it in Munchkinland.

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The record for the most weddings is held by King Mogul of Siam, who had 9000 weddings and 9000 wives.

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The red capes used to taunt bulls in bullfights is the same shade of red as the bull's blood. That way you can't tell it is covered with the bull's blood by the end of the fight. Fight spectators like bullfighting, but not blood.`

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The red spot on the 7up cans comes from it's inventor. He was an albino (albinos have red eyes).

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The Republic of Israel was established April 23, 1948.

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The revolving door was invented August 7, 1888, by Theophilus Van Kannel, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.

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The right lung is slightly larger than the left

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The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port.

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The rumble that is created when a Harley's engine runs has been patented by the company

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The Russian Imperial Necklace has been loaned out by Joseff jewelers of Hollywood for 1,215 different feature films.

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The S in Harry S Truman stands for nothing.

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The safety pin was patented in 1849 by Walter Hunt. He sold the patent rights for $400.

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The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.

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The same material that is used to make bulletproof glass is also used in Tupperware's Rock 'n Serve containers. The container, however, is not entirely bulletproof. Due to the lifetime warrantee on Tupperware products, the company will replace it for FREE! (Just in case you're in quick need of a shield and a Rock 'n Serve is the only thing handy)

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The sandwich is named for the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could stay at the gambling table without interruptions for meals.

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The Santa Maria was the only one of Columbus's ships not to return to Spain. It hit a reef on December 5, 1492 and sank.

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The saying 'once in a blue moon ' refers to the occurrence of two full moons during one calendar month. 

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The science-fiction series "Lost in Space" (set in the year 1997) premiered on CBS in 1965.

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The SEALs have been deployed in Vietnam, Laos, Panama, Bosnia, Haiti, Somalia, and Colombia.

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The search engine "Lycos" is named for Lycosidae, the Latin name for the wolf spider family. Unlike other spiders that sit passively in their web, wolf spiders are hunters, actively stalking their prey.

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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!

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