17 fascinating facts that don’t concern you – but absolutely should
9.
The word racecar is still racecar if you spell it backwards.
— Drew Nukem (@Drew_Nukem) September 11, 2024
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The telegram that started the civil war was sent right across the street from where Rosa Parks got on the bus in 1955. The civil war and the modern civil rights movement started 30 feet from each other on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery Alabama. https://t.co/PnZKerJ6ul
— ALASKAN TUSH PEOPLE (HUGE BRIAN) (@AlaskanTush) September 11, 2024
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters onI ly on one row of the keyboard. https://t.co/1qCmmWiR17 pic.twitter.com/ltq9Xo91iF
— #BatohiMustGo (@WaNkwatisa) September 11, 2024
12.
Jingle Bells is a Thanksgiving song, not a Christmas song.
— Panamom☮️ (@denisegoducks) September 11, 2024
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A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. https://t.co/ZGlO5XQ7Sa pic.twitter.com/qa7o9luBEF
— I Need a Vacation Lynn (@lccoftheisland) September 11, 2024
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The fear of long words is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia https://t.co/OIr1hxdYJK
— abysssalknight (@abysssalknight) September 11, 2024
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The shortest war in history was between Britain & Zanzibar on August 27, 1896 & lasted only 38 minutes. Zanzibar surrendered after just 12 minutes of fighting & the remaining 26 minutes were spent on ceasefire negotiations. Recorded in the GWR as the shortest war in history. https://t.co/a5dLZnqK27
— Lessy Leseg⭕️ (@LessyJantjie) September 11, 2024
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Apple seeds contain a small amount of cyanide. The hard coating around them is there to stop us from injesting the poison. It would take as little as 150 seeds for it to be toxic and several thousand to be lethal . https://t.co/Irqjrheg3D
— Barbie Sings (@Spoilt_BarbieK) September 11, 2024
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Apparently, lemons are not naturally occurring. They're a hybrid by cross breeding a bitter orange and a citron. So basically life never gave us lemons, we created them ourselves. https://t.co/Xa26XgHL9E
— Jay Christian (@JayChristianLex) September 12, 2024
As a bonus, this is one tool we can all be glad they ditched from the delivery room.
The original chainsaw was invented to aid in childbirth in the late 18th C by Scottish doctors John Aitken and James Jeffray. https://t.co/PNFkiuuydL
— Malkia Imani (@_mkenyaDaima) September 12, 2024
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