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In California, there are over 100,000 earthquakes each year

True

Carlo Pellegrini won an Olympic gold medal in 1912 for painting

True

The little plastic things at the end of your shoelaces are called "mertles"

False - they are called aglets

The blob of toothpaste you put on your toothbrush is called a "nurdle"

True

The city of Portland, Oregon was supposed to be called Partland, but the guy filing the paperwork misspelled it

False

Tom Cruise has a clause in his contract that prevents his character from ever losing a fight in a movie

False

A pig is physically unable to look up

True

A snail can have up to 12,000 teeth

True

The mascot for the Jacksonville Jaguars was banned for 2 years after it interfered with a play and prevented a touchdown

False

There is a town in Kansas that changes its name to match whoever is voted mayor. It is currently named Herbertville

False

There was a year when two different states accidentally celebrated Thanksgiving on different weeks due to a miscommunication

False

Bess Flowers is the most famous actress you have never heard of, appearing in over 1,000 movies but almost never speaking

True

The Super Bowl halftime show once nearly got canceled because the stadium lights caused a temporary delay in broadcast satellites syncing

False

The fairyfly is the smallest insect in the world. It is so small, it can sit on the tip of a needle.

True

It is called dreamcantonomy when you are able to clearly remember details of every dream

False

You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from 2 miles away

True

The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 172 degrees in an African desert

False

The record for continuous eye contact is 3 hours 12 minutes

False

The longest fingernail was over 6 feet long

True

William Banksy holds the world record to longest time without moving, at 18 hours and 32 minutes

False

Some caves contain air pockets that haven’t mixed with the outside atmosphere for tens of thousands of years

False

The night wangler is a bird that can only fly in complete silence—its wings evolved to make zero detectable sound

False

If two people stare at each other long enough, their blinking patterns start to match

False

If you stand completely still long enough, small animals stop recognizing you as alive

False

Your immune system remembers illnesses you’ve never actually had, just in case

False

There’s a specific number of people in the world who look almost identical to you, and statistically one is likely alive right now

False

Shadows aren’t completely dark—they contain faint traces of color from surrounding light.

False

Ants don't have lungs. Instead, they breathe through tiny holes on the sides of their bodies called spiracles

True

The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

True

The lint that collects at the bottom of you pocket is called "gnurr"

True

You are 2 times as likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark

True

There are more fake flamingos than real ones in the world

True

There is an actual measurement called a buttload, and it is around 126 gallons

True

Lightning strikes the Earth about 100 times per second

True

There are more bones in gummy worms than in actual worms

True

A grizzly bear's bite is so strong, it can crush a bowling ball

True

In Switzerland, it is illegal to own only 1 guinea pig

True

Giraffes in the wild only sleep 5 minutes at a time

True

Ancient maps used to include imaginary islands on purpose to trap rival explorers

False

A sloth farts out of its mouth

True

Humans can only remember up to 3 truly original thoughts per day

False

There is a law saying it is illegal to kill Bigfoot

True

Trees can “hear” running water underground and grow toward the sound

False

If you stay awake long enough, your brain temporarily forgets how to recognize faces

False

The world record for holding your breath is over 29 minutes long

True

There are more castles in Germany than McDonald's in America

True

A baby caterpillar is called a "smurf"

False

A cloud can weigh as much as a million tons

True