Useless trivia and facts

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Laughing came before language. How do we know? Some researchers tickled baby apes, which, beyond being adorable, showed that they share the same structure as ours and likely arose in our common ancestors millions of years ago. Language came about much later.

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The fastest jet in the world can fly almost 10 times the speed of sound (11,854km/h). The fastest jet is NASA’s X-43 experimental plane, three of which were built in total. The design meant that they had to be dropped from a Boeing B-52 in order to fly.

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Cohen offers the following fact to get you started: Jack White is the real name of the Joker, the comic book supervillain.

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Dutch pink is a shade of yellow.

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In 1930s slang, artillery was any food that caused gas.

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A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

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It snows metal on Venus.

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If we ever find the end of the Pi number, according to some scientists, that’ll mean we live in the simulation.

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Dying stars caused that space smells like a combination of diesel fuel and barbecue, according to astronauts.

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The infinity sign has the name, and it’s lemniscate.