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Factol - An interesting snippet that is very nearly true Joined January 2014

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3 years ago

“Costa Rica” translates to English as “Pricey Rice” #factol

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3 years ago

“Triko” is the worlds first three-humped camel. Specially bred in Dubai he is the first of many hoped for tandem camels. #factol

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4 years ago

Around 1 in 250 poisonous snakes die from biting their own tounge. #factol

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For the first 15 years of the 20th century, wearing glasses that hooked over your ears was no longer fashionable. The alternative? Sliding clamps that went up each nostril with lenses attached on top #factol

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4 years ago

The parachute has saved more lives of people falling out of aeroplanes than any other device in history #factol

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4 years ago

World hide & seek champion Franz Klimmer once got lost during a solo hike in Germany’s Black Forest, it was 11 days before anyone reported him missing and a further 26 days before they found his remains inside a hollowed out tree stump. #factol

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4 years ago

Keeping your nails trimmed adds up to six years to the average lifespan. #factol

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4 years ago

A unicorns horn and a snails shell are made of exactly the same substance #factol

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4 years ago

Cows in the northern hemisphere sleep facing south but cows in the southern hemisphere sleep in all directions. No one knows why! #factol

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4 years ago

The first recorded human with a surname was Allep Smith in around 34 AD. “Smith” meant “a maker of things”, and the things he made were crosses for crucifixion. That’s also considered to be the first recorded use of marketing. #factol

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4 years ago

Blur frontman, Damon Albarn, was once treated at The Priory clinic for an addiction to Cheesy Wotsits #factol

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4 years ago

The male Woolley Mammoth had 14 testicles. #factol

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4 years ago

Whilst we think of the term “horsepower” relating to the amount a horse can pull, technically, it actually relates to how much a horse could benchpress. #factol

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4 years ago

The University of Rome emblem bears the inscription “Avarias de knowlum te anus decnum”. It translates as “May the parrot of knowledge forever squawk in your head”. #factol