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QR codes can be used to plan your funeral QR codes—those square digital barcodes you can scan with a smartphone that are usually used to compare prices of items in supermarkets—have been popping up in cemeteries. But instead of seeing prices...

Lyme disease is named after a place The disease first gained attention in the 1970s in Lyme, Connecticut, where children and adults were experiencing puzzling conditions due to what seemed to be no cause: rashes, fatigue, flu-like symptoms...

Batman's online screen name is JonDoe297 Batman has a seemingly endless fortune and every crime-fighting gadget a vigilante could ask for, but sometimes even superheroes want to take advantage of the convenience of the internet. And a panel...

Minnie and Mickey were partners in real life Russi Taylor snagged the role of Minnie's voice in 1986, while Wayne Allwine had been doing the voice of Mickey since 1977. They met each other in the hallway of Disney Studios, and at the time, both...

The word "jaywalker" means a "walking rube." According to Merriam-Webster, the word "jay" was an old term used to describe someone as a "greenhorn or rube." In other words, an unintelligent, possibly foolish person. Sometime in the early 1900s...

Enough Mickey Mouse ears are sold each year to cover the head of every person in Orange County, Florida When laid end to end, they'd stretch 175 miles long. And while Disney doesn't say exactly how many hats that means they sell, you can bet...

Sesame Street's Guy Smiley's real name is Bernie Liederkrantz Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak was actually born as Patrick Leonard Sajdak and Jeopardy's main man Alex Trebek was originally George Alexander Trebek, which means that they only...

In Milan, It's a legal requirement to smile at all times If you're feeling blue, then you better stay away from Milan. In the Italian city, it's a legal requirement for people to smile at all times. The only exception to this seemingly strict...

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A nail polish company once sold fake teeth Odontorium Products, Inc., was a dental company in the 1980s that supplied dental acrylics to make fake teeth. In the '80s—the golden era of long and colorful nails—nail techs began using dental...

Your thumb doesn't make a sound when you snap your fingers The sound you hear is actually created by your middle finger hitting against your palm, not your thumb rubbing against your index finger. Point this out to your friends in any...

Beauty and the Beast was originally a twisted tale Beauty and the Beast was based on a French author's story published in 1740 that aimed to romanticize arranged marriages. In the story, a wealthy family with six children loses all its riches...

Shark babies eat each other in the womb. As soon as tiger shark embryos develop teeth, they attack and eat each other in utero. Up to 12 babies start out, while usually only two make it out alive, all but one being eaten by the largest baby in...

Basketball hoops used to be actual baskets Well, this one's kind of in the name. The first "hoops" were peach baskets drilled to a wooden panel in 1891 at the YMCA. In the 1900s, they were replaced with a metal hoop and netting, but the netting...

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Àlcòhol only makes you feel warm Àlcòhol is a vasodilator, meaning it dilates blood vessels. The rosy flush commonly known as the "liquor blanket" is simply a result of blood vessels near the surface of the skin dilating; you're not getting...

The tomato is legally a vegetable. as the saying goes, "intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad." well, apparently intelligence is also a way to squeeze a bit more tax money out of taxpayers...

Shark's don't technically sleep It was originally believed that sharks don't sleep because they always need to stay moving in order for oxygen-rich water to flow through their gills, which is how they breathe. However, that theory was...

When you travel, your brain is on alert It's called the "first night effect," according to a 2016 study published in Current Biology, and it's because one side of your brain remains active in order to react to potential dangers in a novel...