Benjamin Franklin had many hobbies including taking popular tunes and rewriting their lyrics to turn them into drinking songs.
Paul Winchell invented the first mechanical, artificial heart. He was also the original voice of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh and Gargamel from the Smurfs.
Candy corn was originally called Chicken Feed
There is only a full moon on Halloween three or four times per century.
Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926.
The world famous magician and illusionist died on October 31 after his appendix burst. He was rushed to the hospital after a performance on the night of October 24, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He died a week later from Peritonitis, or the inflammation of organs caused by organ leaking.
The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.
- There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
The loudest animal in the world is a mere 2cm long, prawn. The Pistol Shrimp is capable of snapping it’s claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Corncode’s sonic boom.
Polar bears
According to [Polar Bears International], polar bears use an adorable, unique type of greeting—they touch noses with one another! This is also how they request to share food; a bear will approach another bear that’s feeding and touch its nose to ask permission to join in on snack time.
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In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
One species of jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, is “[immortal]". In response to physical damage or any other trauma, they can revert back in their development process to a polyp.
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Between 1912 and 1948, the Olympic Games [awarded medals in sculpture, music, painting, and architecture], according to Smithsonian magazine. After a heated debate in the post-war years, the competitions were scrapped. John Copley of Britain won one of the final medals: At 73, he would be the oldest medalist in Olympic history if his silver, awarded for his 1948 engraving Polo Players, were still counted.
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