holycrapfacts
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Of the 17k+ words Shakespeare used, over 1700 are recorded there for the first time.
1:28 PM Nov 12th
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"300 million [golf] balls are lost or discarded in the United States alone, every year."
7:39 AM Nov 11th
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10 percent of electricity in the US comes from "dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones."
9:01 AM Nov 10th
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"LEGO is the world's No. 1 tire manufacturer." They produce 306 million tiny tires a year.
8:54 AM Nov 10th
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Kafka invented HARD HAT while working @ Worker's Accident Insurance Institute of Kingdom of Bohemia
6:59 AM Nov 8th
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"The number of licenses to operate cabs in New York [City] has actually shrunk since 1937."
10:43 AM Nov 6th
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"Total vacant land in Detroit now occupies an area almost the size of Boston."
1:04 PM Oct 27th
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"US Wireless Users Send 4.1 billion Texts Daily"
6:14 PM Oct 26th
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Average broadband speed and cost in US is 4.8mbps and $3.33 per 1mbps. Japan is 61mbps & $0.27 per 1mpbs.
1:41 PM Oct 26th
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mid 70s in the bronx there were 120,000 per yr (3 fires every 2 hrs). 40% of all housing was destroyed.
2:12 PM Oct 21st
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the first ATMs were installed in NYC in 1977 at Citibank branches.
2:24 PM Oct 14th
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"New Mexico boasts the largest concentration of Ph.D. scientists per capita in the United States."
1:29 PM Oct 9th
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US consumers spent $66.54 per person on Halloween in 2008, a number that's expected to drop this year.
6:48 AM Oct 7th
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What was the most watched show in the history of cable? Last night's Vikings/Packers game: [Via @]
4:21 PM Oct 6th
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In Dutch vader means father. (via @)
2:24 PM Oct 4th
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Youngest member of The Forbes 400: Mark Zuckerberg, 25 Net Worth: $2 billion
12:54 PM Oct 1st
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Collective net worth of The Forbes 400: $1.27 trillion
12:52 PM Oct 1st
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Some US airports use falconry (hunting of game with falcons) "to scare off birds that can be hazardous for airplanes."
6:01 AM Sep 25th
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Farthest you can get from a McDonald's in the USA: 107 miles as the crow flies, 145 miles by car. [Thanks @]
11:21 AM Sep 24th
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Billionaire Roman Abramovich's new mega-yacht is protected from paparazzi by camera detecting laser shield
12:39 PM Sep 23rd
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