The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.............
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Beer labels in the United States are approved or rejected by a single bureaucrat, Kent "Battle" Martin, who has been called the "Beer Bottle Dictator". Among brewers, he’s a tyrant. A legend. He only just recently retired.
The oldest cat video on YouTube dates back to 1894 (when it was made, not when it was uploaded, obviously)
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C..........
The Pentagon has rocket balls aka kinetic fireball incendiaries made of rubberized rocket fuel. When ignited they propel themselves randomly at high speed, bouncing off walls, smashing through doors and turning an entire building into an inferno.
Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.".............
According to Sanrio (the company behind Hello Kitty), Hello Kitty is not a cat. She’s a cartoon girl who walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She also has a pet cat of her own named Charmmy Kitty.
In the 1960s, the CIA tried to turn a cat into a bonafide spy by implanting a microphone into her ear and a radio transmitter at the base of her skull. She somehow survived the surgery but got hit by a taxi on her first mission.
Pistol dueling was a sport in the 1908 summer Olympics. Contestants used wax bullets and metal masks for safety.
THE HIGHEST WAVE EVER SURFED WAS AS TALL AS A 10-STORY BUILDING.
15-year-old Ann Makosinski won a $25,000 scholarship from Google for creating a flashlight powered entirely by the body heat of the hand holding it.
The top of the Eiffel Tower leans away from the sun, as the metal facing the sun heats up and expands. It can move as much as 7 inches.
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
In many states parents are legally allowed to serve their own underage children alcohol on their own private property but can be prosecuted if the child subsequently gets into a fight, falls and hurts him/herself, or is sexually assaulted. In some states, underage consumption of alcohol is allowed on an alcohol-selling premise, such as a restaurant or a bar, if the alcohol is furnished to the minor by a legal guardian and if the minor is in the presence of his or her legal guardian.
432 people own half the land in Scotland. However, Scotland has some of the best outdoor access laws in the world and pretty much all of the privately owned land is free to walk, cycle or camp on as long as the outdoor access code is followed (namely leaving no trace).
A cat's nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States..............
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