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January 16, 2020

Because You Need to Know

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Fun Fact Day is what is up today on It’s Just Life. Today is all about useless information but it may be something that you can use at amaze and astound your friends. Check it out. Thank you Internet. You are the source of some pretty wonderful fun facts.

The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.

The 100 folds in a chef’s hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.

Some cats are allergic to people.

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.

M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.

A baby puffin is called a “puffling.”

Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.

You can major in wine at Cornell University.

The Northern cardinal is the most popular state bird.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s son invented Lincoln Logs.

A $1 bill costs 5 cents to make.

 Canada is south of Detroit. It is. Look at a map.

Wombats are the only animal whose poop is cube-shaped. 

Got any fun facts of your own? Let me know and leave a comment in the comment section . Each comment made on any blog post this month means a 50 cent donation to our Comments for a Cause – Project: Music Heals Us.

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  1. jena c. henry
    January 16, 2020 at 07:57 am

    Wow! Great! Puffling!

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  2. Duke1959
    January 16, 2020 at 08:22 am

    The Detroit one is the one that stumps people. For me the biggest number that I am well aware of is 86,000 of course that is the number of seconds there are each day.

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  3. dawnkinster
    January 16, 2020 at 08:37 am

    Found myself saying, out loud, “really??”

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  4. Mama's Empty Nest
    January 16, 2020 at 09:48 am

    Well, those really were fun facts! Who knew? Actually, I did know two of those – do I get a fun prize? 😉 The M&M one and the fact that Canada is south of Detroit. But goodness, I NEVER knew wombats had cube shaped poo!

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  5. Minnesota Prairie Roots
    January 16, 2020 at 11:02 am

    No fun facts for you. But how did you come up with this bizarre and interesting list?

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  6. Darlene
    January 16, 2020 at 11:32 am

    I love all this “useless information” , as my dad would have called it. Some great facts. I love those little pufflings. xo

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  7. Shirley Matthews Dunn
    January 16, 2020 at 01:10 pm

    Great fun facts. I have to admit I have never heard any of them. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. susi_snaps
    January 16, 2020 at 06:48 pm

    Things I never thought I needed to know but now that I do I’m happy!!! 🙂

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