The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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There is no such thing as naturally blue food, even blueberries are purple.

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The tango originated as a dance between two men (for partnering practice).

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The first electric Christmas lights were created by a telephone company PBX installer. Back in the old days, candles were used to decorate Christmas trees. This was obviously very dangerous. Telephone employees are trained to be safety concious. This installer took the lights from an old switchboard, connected them together, strung them on the tree, and hooked them to a battery.

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Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.

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Welsh mercenary bow men in the medieval period only wore one shoe at a time.

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On a trip to the South Sea islands, French painter Paul Gauguin stopped off briefly in Central America, where he worked as a laborer on the Panama Canal.

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A peanut is not a nut; it is a legume.

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A Boeing 747 jumbo jet weighs 55 times as much as an average African elephant.

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Marcel Prousthave had a swordfish at his home in an aquarium

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The traditional symbol of the pawnbroker -- three golden balls -- is thought to be derived from the coat of the arms of the Medici family, who ruled the Italian city of Florence between the 15th and 16th centuries. The symbol was spread by the Lombards -- Italian bankers, goldsmiths and moneylenders who set up businesses in medieval London

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Carnegie Mellon University offers bag piping as a major. The instuctor is James McIntosh, who is a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and who began bag piping at age 11.

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A large flawless emerald is worth more than a similarly large flawless diamond.

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The most sensitive finger is the forefinger.

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The metal part at the end of a pencil is twenty percent sulfur.

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The metal part of a lamp that surrounds the bulb and supports the shade is called a harp.