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1650sWhy do we wear ties?2 min42.195 kmWhy is a marathon exactly 42.195 km?2 min7.6%Why does sleep paralysis make it feel like someone is in the room?2 min1,150 mmCan you really see the Great Wall of China from the Moon?2 min4–7×/secHow does a dog know where a smell is coming from?2 min6.5 million LHow big is Oktoberfest?2 min3 kmThe biggest waterfall on Earth is underwater2 min12,344 kmFrankenstein exists because a volcano erupted 12,000 km away3 min1B tonsA teaspoon of a dead star would weigh a billion tons3 min1,600 yrsThe miracle tonic that turned out to be a carcinogen3 min10,400 gA mantis shrimp punches faster than a bullet accelerates3 min17 yrsCrows recognise your face, hold grudges for years, and teach their children to hate you3 min8Only 8 countries have ever won the World Cup — out of 211 FIFA nations3 min4,000 kmAustralia is wider than the Moon3 min450M yrsSharks are older than trees3 min5,500Honey cannot expire — and the science of why is stranger than the myth3 min~20 minA tennis ball is in play for about 20 minutes during a 3-hour Wimbledon match3 min3An octopus has three hearts, blue blood, and can taste with its arms3 min560Woolly mammoths were still alive 560 years after the Great Pyramid was built2 min40%Americans throw out 40% of their food. 35 million Americans are hungry.2 min1889Nintendo is older than the fall of the Ottoman Empire2 min8 hoursThe 8-hour workday took a bomb, a riot, and 4 hangings to win2 min165M km²The Pacific Ocean is bigger than all of Earth's land combined2 min229 yrsOxford University is older than the Aztec Empire2 min35,000?You make 35,000 decisions a day. Nobody can find the study that says so.3 min95%Your car is parked 95% of its life2 min62%Canada has 62% of all the world's lakes2 min56Jägermeister has 56 secret herbs. It was invented as medicine.2 min500 yrsCleopatra lived closer to the iPhone than to the pyramids2 min500+Nobody actually knows how April Fools' Day started2 min137:1The Falkland Islands have 137 sheep per person2 min3.3MFinland has more saunas than cars2 min12France has 12 time zones. More than Russia.2 min4M+Mongolia has more horses than people2 min255Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt2 min
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