10 AMAZING FACTS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE AMAZING FACTS
- Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.
- The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks.
- The entire state of Wyoming only has two escalators.
- The ampersand symbol is formed from the letters in et—the Latin word for "and."
- Ravens in captivity can learn to talk better than parrots.
- The actor who was inside R2-D2 hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him "the rudest man I've ever met."
- It's a myth that no two snowflakes are exactly the same. In 1988, a scientist found two identical snow crystals. They came from a storm in Wisconsin.
- When Disneyland opened in 1955, "Tomorrowland" was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986.
- Before George W. Bush took office, some Clinton staffers canvassed the White House offices and removed the W key from over 60 keyboards.
- When the last official Blockbuster Video closed in November 2013, the final rental was the apocalyptic comedy This Is the End.
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