In 2011, Australia’s Perth Mint created a gigantic A$1million gold coin. It broke records for both weight and value, weighing over a ton and using gold worth an estimated A$52 million.
theres a lake baikal in russia that is a thousand
There’s a Lake Baikal in Russia that is a thousand times older than any other lake on Earth. It is also the deepest lake and holds 1/5th of the freshwater on our planet.
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the daddy long legs flosses after meals by
The daddy-long-legs “flosses” after meals by pulling each of its eight legs through its pincers in order to keep parasites off them.
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feeding silkworm larvae mulberry leaves sprayed
Feeding silkworm larvae mulberry leaves sprayed with fabric dye results in the dye being transported along the biochemical pathways of the silkworm to produce a colored cocoon and colored silk fibre.
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Source: https://gizmodo.com/silkworms-fed-dyed-mulberry-leaves-to-produce-colored-s-1476655497
a math professor named søren eilers found lego
A math professor named Søren Eilers found LEGO® was miscalculating the number of possibilities from a combination of 6 eight-stud bricks. LEGO® had published a possible combination of 102,981,500, but the actual correct answer is over 915,000,000.
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in 1924 there was a law made in arizona making it
In 1924, there was a law made in Arizona making it illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs.
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Apparently there was a donkey that floated away in a flood when a dam gave out and the town spent a great deal of money rescuing the donkey. They passed the law shortly thereafter to prevent it from happening again!
sexmoán was a fishing village located in the
Sexmoán was a fishing village located in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. It changed its name to Sasmuan in 1991 due to the negative and sexual connotation associated with its original Spanish name.
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the senator a 3500 year old bald cypress in big
“The Senator,” a 3500 year old bald cypress in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida and the fifth oldest tree in the world, was burned down by a lady who climbed its branches to smoke crystal meth.
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during world war ii the crew of the british
During World War II, the crew of the British submarine HMS Trident kept a fully grown reindeer called Pollyanna aboard their vessel for six weeks (it was a gift from a USSR naval admiral).
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