26 Random Facts You'll Never Need to Know
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26 Random Facts You'll Never Need to Know

Fun fact time!

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26 Random Facts You'll Never Need to Know

So... Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm notorious for my "fun facts." These facts are random knowledge, about the most random things, that nobody else knows or cares about. Naturally, I want to share some fun facts with you.

1.The Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, that they all share

2. The Hawaiian language only has twelve consonants and five vowel

3. A snail can sleep for more than three years at a time

4. The first log cabins built in the US were built in 1683. In Delaware. By Swedish immigrants.

5. Originally, Marge Simpson had rabbit ears under her blue hair

6. McDonald’s started serving breakfast in 1972 with the Egg McMuffin

7. Komodo dragons can reproduce sexually AND asexually. It all depends on their environmental conditions

8. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest person to sign the Declaration of Independence

9. Steve Harvey uses a vision board

My roommate: “For what?”
Me: “His visions!”

10. There are only four NFL footballs teams that have never been to the Super Bowl

11. The correct name for a group of turtles is “a bale of turtles”

12. And a group of pugs is called a grumble

13. AND a group of ferrets is called a business of ferrets

14. The first Pizza Hut opened in 1958, in Kansas

15. The U.S. Virgin Islands is the only place under U.S. jurisdiction that drives on the left side of the road

16. But most of the cars there are left-hand drive, so the driver sits on the outside of the road

17. During World War II, Oscars were made of painted plaster for three years due to the metal shortage

When the war was over, winners were invited to trade the plaster figures for the real-deal.

18. The oldest amusement park in America (that is still in operation) is Lake Compounce in Connecticut

19. Oreos made their debut in 1912

20. Starfishes don’t have brains

21. The real Uncle Sam was a meat packer from New York named Samuel Wilson

22. These exist

23. So does this

24. Baby rabbits are called kittens....

But so are baby cats… Which kitten do you think is cuter?

25. The first U.S President to win the Nobel Peace Prize was Theodore Roosevelt

26. The “Rubber Duckie” song from Sesame Street was nominated for a Grammy


So now you can be that friend, the one that always yells "fun fact! at the most random times. Welcome to the club!

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