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11-10-22, 05:41 AM | #2056 |
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There's an American town with a population of one.
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11-10-22, 03:32 PM | #2057 |
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Why is polling day (erroneously called election day) on a Tuesday in most places in the US?
It was borrowed from New York state and it allowed people to observe the Sabbath, travel to vote, and return home for Wednesday, which was observed as Market Day.
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11-10-22, 04:00 PM | #2058 |
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Ostfriesland (Eastern Frisia) is not the easternmost Frisia - Nordfriesland (Northern Frisia) lies further to the East.
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11-10-22, 04:12 PM | #2059 |
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Edinburgh's Waverley railway station is the only one in the world named after a novel (what's more, the Waverley in question was an Englishman).
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11-10-22, 04:12 PM | #2060 |
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Fluorine is so reactive that it reacts explosively with hydrogen even if both their temperatures are below 20K, at which fluorine is a solid and hydrogen a liquid.
However, with steel fluorine reacts only on the surface, creating a very thin layer of iron fluoride which then protects the rest of the steel from fluorine - so fluorine can be stored in steel containers. |
11-10-22, 04:19 PM | #2061 |
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Heavy water (Deuterium oxide, D2O) has a sweet taste, according to several studies. So far, no one has found an explanation for this.
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11-10-22, 07:11 PM | #2063 |
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In Sydney it's illegal for Grandmothers under 18 to enter discos.
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11-11-22, 08:07 AM | #2065 |
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Lobsters communicate with their bladders.
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11-11-22, 08:11 AM | #2066 |
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In the US, the mechanical lever operated voting machines were first used in the 1892 election. They remained in use in the US until 2010.
118 years!
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11-11-22, 09:52 AM | #2067 |
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Dolly Parton once lost a look-alike contest.
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11-11-22, 04:03 PM | #2068 |
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Tok Pisin is one of the three national languages of Papua New Guinea. A Pidgin English that was developed in the early 1800's as a result of increased travel and economic activity between the Melanesians and Europeans.
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11-12-22, 05:43 AM | #2069 |
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High heels were originally for men.
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11-12-22, 10:35 AM | #2070 |
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The worlds population is projected to reach 8 billion people today 15 November 2022
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
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