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Fun Fact #122

Psychopaths only make up about 16% of jail population, which is about 1% of the whole population, making it about as common as bulimia (at least in the US. Not sure about other countries)

Fun Fact #123

The warehouses in which Nazis stored possessions of prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp were nicknamed "Canada" since because it was seen as a place that had lots of wealth.

Fun Fact #124

Adult elephants can eat up to 300 pounds of food a day. i wish I could do that

Fun Fact #125
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

Fun Fact #126
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Fun Fact #127
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
(guys this is groundbreaking)

Fun Fact #128

An average of 100 people chokes to death on ballpoint pens every year.

Fun Fact #128

An average of 100 people chokes to death on ballpoint pens every year.

(no)

Fun Fact #129

Monday is the best day to buy a new car

Fun Fact #126
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

A-G-L-E-T AGLET don’t forget it!
We’re gonna tie the world together! One word at a time!

Fun Fact #130

The Victorian era saw a spike of female serial killers

Fun Fact #131

While "punk" is generally used as the name of a rebellion based music subculture, in the 40s, it was essentially the equivalent of calling some one a twink.

Fun Fact #132

Male Geisha existed. During the Edo period in Kyoto and Osaka, geisha meant a houkan or male entertainer (幇間), and geiko meant a woman. Houkan (幇間) was a job to entertain the guests by showing their talent and helping the geiko and maiko (舞妓). By the Meiji era, the word geisha became a woman's word.

Fun Fact #133:

By tomorrow, you will have forgotten 40% of what you have experienced today.

Fun Fact #134

Flushable toilets were popularized by a man named Thomas Crapper.

"You mean you don't just throw your shit out into the street?"
"No, his idea uses water to simply flush it away… THEN it goes out into the street."

Fun Fact #135

In 2012 there were 905 natural catastrophes worldwide including severe storms, droughts, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, hail storms, typhoons, wildfires, and hurricanes.

Fun Fact #136
Only 20 people have been boiled alive in the Yellowstone National Parks

ONLY 20

Only 20.

Fun Fact #137:

Raw steaks that have traditionally been put on black eyes were done so because the meat is cold, not because it has any special healing properties.

Fun Fact #138:

The streptococcal virus can be passed on to any orifice of the body if it makes oral contact. In other words, don't eat your partner out if you have a sore throat. EVER. They will thank you profusely for this.

Fun Fact #139:

There are some parts of the universe we will most likely never see, as the universe is always expanding faster than light can reach it.

Fun Fact #140

CS Lewis put the lamp post in Narnia in response to JRR Tolkein telling him that no good fantasy book would have one in it.

Fun Fact #141

Tampons were originally used to plug bullet holes

Fun Fact #142

Hurricanes can unleash roughly 2.4 trillion gallons of rain a day.