Useless trivia and facts

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The earth's circumference is 24,901 miles.

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All of an adult human's blood vessels, if laid out end to end, would be about 60,000 miles. This means they could encircle the Earth over two times.

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According to recent research, the human nose can distinguish at least a trillion different odors.

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The longest fingernails ever were over 42 feet (total) and belonged to American Diana Armstrong. She was officially recognized as the world record holder in March 2022. The previous record was held by American Lee Redmond, with fingernails over 28 feet in total.

That's insane!

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The origin of the word "sinister" reflects a historical bias against left-handed people. It comes from the Latin word for "left," which was also seen to be unlucky or evil.

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There is not one letter “q” in any US state name, the only letter in the alphabet to be missing. "J" and "Z" are only represented once each—in New Jersey and Arizona.)

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The word "strengths" is the longest word, with only one vowel, in the English language.

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Cartoonist Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey, came up with names for the things we often see in comics and cartoons: "briffit" is the dust cloud a character makes when he runs away quickly; "plewds" are the beads of sweat when a character is under duress; and "grawlix" are symbols such as "#@*%" that stand in for curse words.

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A mash-up of two words to make a new word (such as breakfast and lunch into "brunch" or "motel" from motor and hotel) is called a portmanteau. In case you're wondering, the word "portmanteau" itself is not a portmanteau; it's a compound word that refers to a duel-sided suitcase.

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The dog ate John Steinbeck's homework—literally. The author's pup chewed up an early version of Of Mice and Men. "I was pretty mad, but the poor fellow may have been acting critically," he wrote.