1. Australia was once home to an extinct flightless bird known as the "Demon Duck of Doom" (Bullockornis planei). It stood over 8 ft tall, and had a skull larger than that of some horses. Despite the nickname, it was more closely related to the chicken. - wikipedia
2. Ronaldinho lost a lucrative $750,000 sponsorship from Coca-Cola simply because he took a sip from a Pepsi can during a press conference. Si
4. If you start counting at one and spell out the numbers as you go, you won't use the letter "A" until you reach 1,000. - mentalfloss
5. It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.
6. The surface area of Russia is slightly larger than that of the surface area of Pluto. - statastic
7. Lice eggs are called "Nits." Thus, a "nitpicker" was someone who meticulously looked over each hair to make sure it was lice-free. wikipedia
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8. One honeybee will make 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its whole life.
9. TIL that hot water freezes faster than cold water, and cold water boils faster than hot water. scientificamerican
10. The Parabellum pistol, designed by Georg Luger, is named after the Latin proverb "Vis pax para bellum" which means: if you want peace, get ready for war. wikipedia
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11. A drop in temperature can change the sex of chickens while they are still in their egg. Independent
12. After Leonardo da Vinci's death, King Francis I of France hung the Mona Lisa in his bathroom. -mentalfloss
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| Could this be the reason why Mona Lisa is always smiling? |
14. Astronomers have discovered a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats. This cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus.- BBC
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