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20 ‘DID YOU KNOW’ FACTS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

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Vegetables grown in Alaska become gigantic because they receive up to 20 hours of sunlight per day during the summer months. SourcePhoto: Clark James Mishler/Courtesy of Alaska State Fair

Ancient Egyptians were using 20-sided die as early as 200 BCE. Source

Every time a baby girl is born in the Indian village of Piplantri, the residents come together to plant 111 trees in her honor. Source Source 2 Source 3

The evolution of Wonder Woman’s costumes from 1941 through 2016. Source

There’s a Japanese girl band called KBG84 that’s made up of about 40 grandmas. While the ‘84’ signifies their average age, some of them are nearly 100 years old. Source

This is how drastically a river can change its course over a 28-year period. Source

The ‘Museum of Failed Products’ in Ann Arbor, MI, contains thousands of old products that tanked within months of their release. The shelves are basically a graveyard for bad products, like Clairol’s A Touch of Yogurt shampoo, Gillette’s For Oily Hair Only, and caffeinated beer. Source Source 2Photos: CBS News

There’s a rescue group called SpokAnimal that finds jobs for stray cats. Their ‘Farm Livin’ program helps unadoptable or problematic cats escape euthanasia by pairing them with farm or warehouse owners that are in need of a good 'mouse manager.’ Source Source 2

China used more cement between 2011 and 2013 than the United States did during the entire 20th century. That’s right, the entire 20th century. The same century in which America built the Hoover Dam and the Interstate Highway System.   Source

This is not a spiral. It’s actually a series of concentric circles, but their decreasing size and the misalignment of the checkered patterns convinces your brain otherwise. Source Trace the circles with your mouse cursor if you’re having trouble seeing it.More examples of ‘The Fraser spiral illusion.’

British artist Jeremy May turns books into one-of-a-kind, wearable art pieces by layering and laminating their pages to create uniquely-shaped bracelets, rings, earrings, and pendants. Source Source 2Literary Jewels by Jeremy May

Dolphins will talk to one another over the phone and can even recognize each other’s voices……which means they know who you are, and they’re always watching. Source

Researchers developed a transparent wood that could one day replace glass windows with material that never cracks or shatters. Source Source 2

Photographer Wayne MacWilliams was black water diving one night and caught a rare glimpse of a tiny fish hanging out inside a translucent sea creature. MacWilliams was black water diving off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida, during a late night adventure. Black water diving is basically just drifting in the pitch-black ocean at night. You aren’t aware of your surroundings because the only light you see comes from strobes.“I was drifting, at night in pitch black, it was really fun as you just do not know what will come your way. It may be a bit intimidating, it can be very spooky the first time you do it because it is jet black with no bottom to speak of.These beautiful creatures are interesting, bizarre, to say the least, and pretty foreign to me. I have done this type of diving a couple times and plan on doing more.My interest really lies in the capturing of images that capture my attention. If it is pretty or interesting or simply provokes some kind of emotion for me, I will take the shot.”Source Source 2

Thanks to the Superhero Cyborgs program, 10-year-old Jordan Reeves was able to create her own prosthetic arm: a glitter cannon she named Project Unicorn. The program teams kids up with engineers who encourage them to think of their missing limbs as blank canvases. Source

Due to a lot of crappy things happening on April 15th, like tax day, Abraham Lincoln getting assassinated, and the Titanic sinking, it has become informally known as National That Sucks Day. Source

A 1,500-year-old mummy recently discovered in Mongolia was wearing a pair of shoes that look a lot like Adidas sneakers. Source

NASA has released nearly 3 million satellite images of Earth into public domain. The photos were taken by the Terra spacecraft, which has orbited the planet since 1999, and all of its data is now available for public use. Source Source 2Kondyor Massif, Russia/ Namib-Naukluft National Park Great Wall of China/San Francisco: Great Blue Hole, Beliz:Hugli River Delta, India/Altuvian fan, chinaMonument Valley, UtahSt. Anthony’s Monastery, Egypt/ParisNicaragua’s Momotombo volcano eruption in March 2016. The hot lava is displayed in yellow:

There’s a cat in Tokyo that rides the subway on a regular basis. Multiple passengers have tweeted photos of what appears to be the same cat riding the rails since 2013. Source

The continents can be rearranged to form the shape of a chicken.  Source

 

 

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The picture of apartments in China is of Hong Kong and each <2,000sqft apartment there costs upwards of USD4,000,000. I don't live like that, LOL. I have a garden and a pool.

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