14 Fascinating facts to feed your brain.
Nathan Johnson
Published
05/21/2019
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Some stuff to know for no reason at all.
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A key symptom of depression is anhedonia, typically defined as the loss of ability to experience pleasure. -
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“The Whole Shabang” potato chips are available almost exclusively from US Prison system commissaries. -
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A human would have to eat 300 hamburgers just to match the equivalent of what hummingbirds consume to survive every day. -
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Coolio’s cameo in Batman & Robin was an Easter Egg setting up a fifth movie in the series. -
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Coolio was also robbed by his “fans” at a concert in England when he attempted to stage dive. They moved and stole his jewelry when he fell. -
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One of the most expensive wine bottles that was never to have been drunk was a 1787 Margaux from Thomas Jefferson's Collection. Valued at $225,000. -
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The Oneida silverware company was started by a religious group that would have menopausal women train young males how to not ejaculate during sex as a method of abstinence. -
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An economist won the lottery 14 times by calculating when the jackpot got higher than the cost by buying every possible number combination. -
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Professional wrestler Kerry Von Erich had to have his foot amputated after a bad accident, but continued wrestling while secretly wearing a prosthetic. -
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Pope John XII was the only Pope who was ever beaten to death by a jealous husband for sleeping with his wife. -
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A man was snorkeling off the coast of South Africa when an enormous Bryde’s whale scooped him up in his mouth headfirst. He was later spit out after the whale couldn't swallow him whole. -
12.
The Pixar film Coco, which features the spirits of dead family members, got past China’s censors with 0 cuts. -
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In 2016 more than half of all Americans forfeited vacation days, amounting to 206 million unused vacation days worth some $66.4 billion. -
14.
Ebbie Tolbert was born around 1807 and spent over 50 years as a slave. She got her freedom at the age of 56. She also lived long enough so that at age 113 she could walk to the St Louis polling station and registered to vote.
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