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Post by Slightdapple on Jul 25, 2023 20:41:53 GMT -5
So how this works is somebody posts a fun fact, and another person posts a fact somehow related to the previous.
Example:
Person 1: Certain species of frog can freeze themselves solid in the winter.
Person 2: The tardigrade goes into a solid state if it's threatened.
I'll start!
Kosovo has a website thanking countries in their languages for officially recognizing them.
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Post by Golden⚜️Lynx on Jul 26, 2023 3:26:00 GMT -5
Over 300 languages are spoken in the US.
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Post by []̷ 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓽 []̷ on Jul 26, 2023 13:31:00 GMT -5
The United States doesn't have any offical languages
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Post by Golden⚜️Lynx on Jul 26, 2023 13:40:43 GMT -5
Spanish is the second most common language spoken in the US.
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Post by []̷ 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓽 []̷ on Jul 26, 2023 13:42:25 GMT -5
There are 20 countries that have spanish as one offical language
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Post by Golden⚜️Lynx on Jul 26, 2023 13:45:09 GMT -5
There are 2 phrases in Spanish to say “I love you”: “Te amo” is used between lovers or close family members. “Te quiero” is mostly friendly, used in a non-romantic way.
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Post by []̷ 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓽 []̷ on Jul 26, 2023 13:55:43 GMT -5
In Spain, people greet each other and say goodbye with a kiss on each cheek. People usually touch their right cheeks together and make a kissing sound, then repeat the process on the left side.
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Post by Slightdapple on Jul 27, 2023 22:30:54 GMT -5
Spain means "The Land of Many Rabbits."
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Post by Golden⚜️Lynx on Aug 4, 2023 1:26:40 GMT -5
Like deer, a female rabbit is called a “doe” and a male rabbit is called a “buck.” A baby rabbit is called a kit.
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Post by Slightdapple on Aug 28, 2023 18:45:54 GMT -5
Once an illegal poacher was forced to watch Bambi for several days as punishment.
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Post by Golden⚜️Lynx on Aug 29, 2023 7:47:00 GMT -5
A live reindeer was brought to Disney’s “Frozen” studio.
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Post by کیوان on Sept 16, 2023 17:17:00 GMT -5
Walt Disney himself considered making "Frozen" back in 1937, but he became busy with making World War II propaganda instead.
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Post by Slightdapple on Sept 18, 2023 9:44:15 GMT -5
During World War II, Poland had a bear that served in the military.
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Post by Golden⚜️Lynx on Sept 18, 2023 11:36:54 GMT -5
Polar bears, or going by their scientific name, Ursus maritimus, are the only maritime bears. These animals spend most of their time on sea ice.
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Post by کیوان on Sept 20, 2023 15:43:31 GMT -5
Sea ice is responsible for keeping sunlight out and trapping heat in the ocean. As global warming occurs, the layer of sea ice begins to thin and become less effective in regulating heat in the poles.
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Post by Slightdapple on Sept 20, 2023 20:25:35 GMT -5
The North Pole has no time zone.
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Post by کیوان on Sept 20, 2023 20:27:58 GMT -5
France has twelve different time zones, thirteen if their claim to Antarctica is taken into account.
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Post by Slightdapple on Sept 23, 2023 15:07:36 GMT -5
French wasn’t popular in France until after the French Revolution.
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Post by کیوان on Oct 7, 2023 22:00:41 GMT -5
Haitian Creole has roots in the French language, though neither are mutually intelligible with each other.
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Post by Slightdapple on Oct 14, 2023 16:35:56 GMT -5
Haiti was ruled by 70 different dictators from 1804 to 1915.
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Post by کیوان on Oct 16, 2023 22:56:25 GMT -5
Former dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin, had the lengthy title of "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular".
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Post by Slightdapple on Oct 17, 2023 19:40:25 GMT -5
A German typesetter once had the name “Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvorangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolfhunderttausendjahresvorandieerscheinenvonderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgenachtmittungsteinundsiebeniridiumelektrischmotorsgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchennachbarschaftdersternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneuerassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvorandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum Sr.”.
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Post by کیوان on Oct 17, 2023 19:50:51 GMT -5
The number 666 (which is the number of letters in the above person's surname) is the sum of the squares of each of the first seven prime numbers.
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Post by Slightdapple on Oct 17, 2023 20:24:47 GMT -5
The fear of the number 666 is known as hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
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Post by کیوان on Oct 19, 2023 10:51:55 GMT -5
Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile phone.
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Post by Slightdapple on Oct 19, 2023 17:27:47 GMT -5
Mark Twain was one of the first people to have a phone in his house.
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Post by Rανєη'ѕ ƑƖιgнт on Oct 19, 2023 18:55:34 GMT -5
Mark Twain was born right after an approach of Halley’s Comet, and died when it finally returned.
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Post by کیوان on Oct 19, 2023 23:09:40 GMT -5
Comets are leftovers from the formation of the solar system. They are usually made of dust, rock, and ice.
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Post by Rανєη'ѕ ƑƖιgнт on Oct 20, 2023 2:34:55 GMT -5
The oldest rock on Earth is 4.0 billion years old, found in Canada.
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Post by کیوان on Oct 20, 2023 17:01:53 GMT -5
Canada is the third-largest oil reserve holder, specifically in Alberta province.
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