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25 Fascinating Factoids and Trivia Tidbits to Expand Your Horizons

Thanks to the internet, learning new things can be a lot more fun than just flipping through the pages of an old textbook. Facts are fresh and plentiful and accompanied by informative images. Hopefully, you can enjoy these fun facts, and find them interesting to read. 


Have you ever heard about Ellen Sadler, the girl who slept for nine years? Well in 1871, at the age of just 11 years old, Ellen fell asleep one day and didn't wake up for almost a decade. Ellen often was criticized for falling asleep in the middle of the day, but little did her family know that was the least of their worries. Ellen was fed soup through two of her missing front teeth, and although she experienced bladder accidents, never had a bowel movement during her sleep. Ellen is thought to have experienced a severe case of narcolepsy, but as her mother was using her sleeping body as an attraction, it is likely she maintained the facade of sleep long after actually waking up. Ellen would eventually go on to live a semi-normal life, albeit with some difficulties. 


Read about her, and plenty of other interesting things in this gallery of facts that are fun to read. 

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