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Interesting Facts - Page 199
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William Shatner, star of "Star Trek", flew into space at age 90. He is the oldest person to ever do so.
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Early in his career, Leonardo DiCaprio's agent suggested he change his stage name to Lenny Williams.
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The Disney Corporation has argued that a man cannot sue over the death of his wife at a Disney resort. The reason? He once signed up for a free trial of Disney+ and clicked through on a long terms-of-service contract which requires arbitration in any dispute with Disney.
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One doctor may have killed 800,000 people by publishing fraudulent research. The research claimed that giving patients beta blockers prior to surgery reduced the chance of death. In fact, it greatly increased the chance of death.
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Birds need gravity to swallow. A bird on the International Space Station would die.
also 199!!
sorry I'll go yap in the group nowThis assist just so happened to be the one that led to the famous Aguero moment on the final day of the 2011/12 Premier League season.
-HollowYT: In the Philippines, Christmas officially starts on September 1st, and ends on December 31st.
-McKenzieFam: Ducks need gravity to swallow. A duck on the International Space Station would die
- Xtrordinary: A kangaroo rat can live its entire 2-5 year lifespan without ever needing to drink water
-Noivern: Around a quarter of all iron ore comes from Western Australia.
-SirPhilippines: The "Chanson de l'Oignon" is a French marching song about the love for onions and how the Austrians don't deserve any.
- Noivern: Out of the three stanzas in the German national anthem, only the last one is sung. The first stanza is about Germany being the best country in the world, while the second is about German women and wine.
And for the baseball page..
-McKenzieFam: A MLB player has played for both teams in the same game for the first time. A game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox was postponed partway through due to bad weather, and when the game was resumed two months later, Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen had been traded to the Red Sox, who later lost the game 1-4.
And those were not the only times Zeus popped up in their family tree.
Another fact, this time about marine biology: Hawksbill sea turtles are biofluorescent.