FUN FACTS AND ONE FUN VID

Numeric palindrome:

Multiply 111,111,111 by itself and the answer is:12,345,678,987,654,321

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In Los Angeles, the tower light atop Capitol Records has been sending out in morse code the word "Hollywood" since 1956.

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On July 26, 1908, Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte appointed an unnamed force of special agents to be the investigative force of the Department of Justice. The FBI evolved from this small group. Mr. Bonaparte was the grand nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Until the 1930's in the US, the "E" grade was used for failing the assignment. This was changed to "F" as professors didn't want students and parents to think that "E" stood for excellence.  

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The car in which the  Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in June 1914 bore the license plate A111118. The war that followed this event ended on 11-11-18.

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Rudolf's Red Nose is trademarked and if you want to use a likeness for a book or film, you face a lot of paperwork and fees. The original copyright from the 1939 book will expire in 2034 when it goes into public domain. However, anything from the 1964 children's TV show most likely carries its own copyright and licenses.

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That perfect wave-shaped blob of toothpaste on a brush is known as a "nurdle". 

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It takes Venus longer to rotate once on its axis than to complete one orbit of the Sun. That's 243 Earth days to rotate once – the longest rotation of any planet in the Solar System – and only 224.7 Earth days to complete an orbit of the Sun.

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The Unicorn is the Scotland's national animal.

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From Wiki: The spacecraft cemetery, known more formally as the South Pacific Ocean(ic) Uninhabited Area, is a region in the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand, where spacecraft that have reached the end of their usefulness are routinely crashed. The area is roughly centered on "Point Nemo", theoceanic pole of inaccessibility, the location farthest from any land. A total of more than 263 spacecraft were disposed in this area between 1971 and 2016. The International Space Station is slated to end up in the spacecraft cemetery upon "retirement".

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Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water?

 

The reason for the observation is warm water evaporates quickly than cold water. As evaporation will produce the cooling effect water will get cooling immediately and freeze earlier than cold water.

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And, last but not least-Haburu the cat:

 

Such a tolerant and chill katter! Just wants to hang out with Dad and get a few scritches!