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

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The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

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The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.

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The only nation whose name begins with an "A" but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

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The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game

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The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly.

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The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

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The phrase, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye gouging." Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.

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The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.

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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

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The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

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The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

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The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.

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The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" came from when they had old cannons like ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off... thus the saying.

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The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.