Useless trivia and facts

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People started wearing pajamas, originally spelled "pyjamas," instead of nightgowns so they'd be prepared to run outside in public during World War I air raids in England.

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At Medieval Times dinner attractions, you eat with your hands because most people didn't use utensils in the Middle Ages.

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Originally, freelancers were self-employed, sword-wielding mercenaries: literally "free lancers."

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We shake hands to show we're unarmed.

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Although it's no longer connected to the beer company, Guinness World Records was founded by the managing director of Guinness Brewery in the 1950s.

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Michelin stars are highly coveted by elite and upscale restaurants the world over—but they're actually given out by the Michelin tire company, the same one whose mascot is the marshmallow-like Michelin Man. If you want to get fancy, pronounce it in the original French, "mich-LEH."

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More people visit France than any other country (Spain is second; the United States is third).

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You can still stay at the world's oldest hotel, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, in Japan. It was originally founded in 705 AD

I wonder if it's haunted...

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The longest place name in the word, at 85 letters, is "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu,” New Zealand. Locals just call it Taumata Hill.

Try to pronounce that!

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The coldest temperature ever recorded occurred in Antarctica, -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit, as reported by researchers in a scientific journal in 2018