You Probably Haven't Heard About These Things (18 pics)

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"In ancient China, people used “dragon bones” to practice traditional medicine. Turns out, these weren’t the bones of dragons, but the bones of dinosaurs and other extinct animals."

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"One is that Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire."

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"The dot above the lowercase ‘i’ and ‘j’ has a name. It’s called a “tittle”. For reals."

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"It is illegal to own only one Guinea pig in Switzerland, as they are deemed social creatures. Two or more must be owned."

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"Oreos were created before chocolate chip cookies :)

The Oreo sandwich cookie actually pre-dates chocolate chip cookies by 26 years and was invented in 1912."

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"Between the earth and the moon you could fit, side by side, all the other planets in our solar system!"

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"Dolphins can share visual information with one another using sonar which almost borders on telepathy."

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"Ulysses S Grant was arrested for speeding while in office."

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"Arnie’s character’s first name in “Predator” (1987) is Alan."

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"A polar bear’s skin is black, and its fur is clear."

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"The female body can produce a whole person faster than you can regrow one of your big toenails."

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"If a cookie looks done when it’s still in the oven, it’s going to be overdone. They cook for a few minutes after you take them out."

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"If you ate 40 thousand bananas in 10 minutes, the radiation would kill you."

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"Bubble wrap was first meant to be used as wallpaper."

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"Eels don’t have genitals, in fact, nobody knows how they ###k."

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"A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus."