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Facts You Probably D on’t Need
The woman of Seine was the unknown woman whose body was pulled out of the Seine River in 1880. A post-mortem pathologist at the morgue was so taken by her beauty that he made a plaster cast of her face. Now that mask is used as the face of the CPR mannequin.
Cashews are not nuts. They are the seeds that grow out of the bottom of the cashew apple which is also edible.
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Lobsters were so plentiful in the 1800s that Massachusetts servants demanded a clause in their contracts to prevent being fed it more than three times a week.
In 1960, 59% of American adults aged 18-29 were married. Today, only 20% are married.
Yellow speed limit signs in the U.S. are recommended speeds but are not enforced.
George Lucas refused to identify what species Yoda is. He once jokingly answered that he is "the illegitimate child of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy."
Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," would only write his works in purple ink.
Oregano is from the Greek words meaning "mountain of joy."
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.