Facts and Chicks

Uruguay has legalized same-sex marriage. source

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:18 -0400

Uruguay has legalized same-sex marriage.

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Men actually feel more emotional pain than women after...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:44 -0400

Men actually feel more emotional pain than women after break-ups.

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In 2006, a prisoner got himself a job in prison repairing mail...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01:12 -0400

In 2006, a prisoner got himself a job in prison repairing mail bags, he climbed inside one and mailed himself out of prison. Later that day while hiking along a railway line he was questioned, and let go by a police officer.

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Bender’s full name from Futurama is Bender Bending...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:01:07 -0400

Bender’s full name from Futurama is Bender Bending Rodríguez.

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Mr. Rogers made a point of mentioning out loud when he was...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:49 -0400

Mr. Rogers made a point of mentioning out loud when he was feeding his fish after he got a letter from a family whose blind daughter asked him to do so, because she couldn’t tell if the fish were being fed.

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There was a misprinted Bible called the “Wicked Bible” that...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:56 -0400

There was a misprinted Bible called the “Wicked Bible” that stated “Thou shalt commit adultery” as the 7th commandment.

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A former math professor with a PhD from Stanford University...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:01:17 -0400

A former math professor with a PhD from Stanford University specializing in statistics has won the lottery FOUR times.

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A woman survived a bear mauling by hiking back to her car and...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:02:08 -0400

A woman survived a bear mauling by hiking back to her car and driving 4 miles for help, even though her face was partially ripped off and an eyeball was hanging out of its socket.

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Samuel L Jackson has a clause in all his movie contracts stating...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:01:00 -0400

Samuel L Jackson has a clause in all his movie contracts stating that he gets 2 days off a week to play golf and the producers have to pay for it.

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In exchange for Pepsi products, Russia gave Pepsi 17 submarines,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:01:10 -0400

In exchange for Pepsi products, Russia gave Pepsi 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer.

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Sophie Turner (who plays Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones) adopted...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:59 -0400

Sophie Turner (who plays Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones) adopted “Zunni” (Sansa Stark’s direwolf) after filming ended for Season 1 of Game of Thrones.

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Wall Street’s iconic 7,100lb bronze Charging Bull sculpture is...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:01:05 -0400

Wall Street’s iconic 7,100lb bronze Charging Bull sculpture is actually an illegal piece of street art.

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In Futurama, Bender’s apartment number is 00100100. This...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:01:09 -0400

In Futurama, Bender’s apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character “$”

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Investigators missed incriminating Google searches done on Casey...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:56 -0400

Investigators missed incriminating Google searches done on Casey Anthony’s computer - including “fool-proof suffocation.” They checked her Internet Explorer history but ignored Firefox.

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In Oregon, a citizen may issue a traffic ticket to law...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:57 -0400

In Oregon, a citizen may issue a traffic ticket to law enforcement officers.

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In 2011, Comcast asked its staff to vote on The...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:01:14 -0400

In 2011, Comcast asked its staff to vote on The Consumerist’s “Worst Company in America” poll so they wouldn’t “win.” The Consumerist noticed the traffic from teamcomcast.com and asked them to not to try and game the system.

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Neil Armstrong’s NASA application was a week late. If it...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:02:37 -0400

Neil Armstrong’s NASA application was a week late. If it weren’t for his friend, Dick Day, secretly slipping it into the pile, he would have been rejected.

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There are 62 pieces of Lego for every person on Earth. source

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:52 -0400

There are 62 pieces of Lego for every person on Earth.

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There is an island which is so densely populated by poisonous...

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:19 -0400

There is an island which is so densely populated by poisonous snakes the Brazilian Navy has quarantined it and a biologist once said that when on the island you are “never more than three feet from death.”

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There is one person in the world with “Syndrome X” which...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:02:04 -0400

There is one person in the world with “Syndrome X” which prevents normal aging. Brooke Greenberg is 20 and appears to be one year old.

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