All of the other planets in the Solar System would fit in between the Earth and the Moon. You could even stick Pluto in there if you like.

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The traffic crossover just East of the Takutu River Bridge (which links the Left Hand Traffic Of Guyana and the Right Hand Traffic Of Brazil) is at the only border in the Americas where traffic changes sides.

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Hydrox cookies debuted in the U.S. in 1908. The similar Oreo cookie, introduced in 1912, was a knockoff of the Hydrox. The Oreo eventually exceeded Hydrox in popularity, which resulted in the Hydrox being perceived as an imitator, although it was the original.

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Heroin is a trademarked brand name. For several years beginning in 1895, Bayer marketed Heroin as an over-the-counter drug.

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Michael J. Fox's middle name is Andrew.

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Vulcan Point Island in the Philippines is an island within a lake on an island within a lake on an island.

Aack! Gotta take this fun fact back. Recent volcanic activity caused almost all of Crater Lake's water to evaporate. Vulcan Point is no longer surrounded by water.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/17/taal-volcanos-crater-lake-is-nearly-empty/

You can’t drive a car from North America into South America, due to the “Darien Gap”— an area of dense, dangerous and roadless jungle between Panama and Colombia. Though the roads in Yariza, Panama and Turbo, Colombia are only 66 miles apart, connecting roads are unlikely to be built here due to great expense, environmental concerns and the threat of diseased cattle and drug traffickers moving into Panama.

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...in one tiny atom of some giant being’s fingernail.

Pluto has more water than Earth.

https://www.businessinsider.com/liquid-water-space-volume-planets-moons-2016-10

Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar.

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John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the United States, was the first president to have his photograph taken. This was shot in 1843, several years after Adams left office in 1829.

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In the opening credits of his 60’s TV series, Dick Van Dyke trips over an ottoman— paying tribute to Charlie Chaplin who likewise trips over an ottoman in his 1936 film Modern Times.

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Natalie Schafer (born in 1900), who played the role of Mrs. Howell in the 60’s TV sitcom Gilligan’s Island, was more than 12 years older than her on-screen husband Jim Backus (born in 1913).

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Mr. Clean’s first name is “Veritably.”

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Lighters were invented before matches.

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You're right about that! Here's what the first "lighter" looked like. Looks kinda dangerous.

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You can start a fire with a flint stone!

Don't piss off your wife. Light one up for her, too.

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A can of Diet Coke floats in water, but a can of regular Coke will sink.

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In November 1969, a small tile bearing artworks of 6 prominent artists was left on the Moon on the Apollo 12 Lunar Module. Andy Warhol’s contribution to this “Moon Museum” project was a drawing of a dick.

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Although oxygen gas is colorless, liquid oxygen is blue.

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TV stars Peter Graves (Mission: Impossible) and James Arness (Gunsmoke) were brothers.

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Count Chocula’s first name is Alfred.

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German Chocolate Cake did not originate in Germany. It is named after Samuel German, an American baker who developed a sweet dark baking chocolate used in the cake’s recipe.

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Ferrero purchases 1/4 of all the world's hazelnuts each year to make Nutella.

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Yvonne De Carlo (b.1922) who played Lily Munster in The Munsters TV series was older than Al Lewis (b.1923) who played her father.

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One of the most popular pizza toppings in Brazil is green peas.

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I’m fascinated by this map of regional terms used to describe athletic footwear. I’m originally from Chicago and have always called them “gym shoes.” It’s wild that only folks in Chicago and Cincinnati prefer that term.
So I was surprised to find local “City-Opoly” board games sold out West with a token piece called a “Gym Shoe.”
But then… Aha! Made in Cincinnati, Ohio!

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