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Convicts in Brazil can shorten their prison sentences by reading books while serving time.

I've learned that AnonymousAnonymous is still anonymous

I learned that since babies can hear the voices around them while they are in the womb, they actually cry with a distinct enough accent that it is possible to determine which country theyre from.

The French guillotine was used for the final time in 1977.

That, over thirteen months of having the same phone, I still don't know how to answer an incoming call



Today had a phone interview for Finance and Operation associate

He called at the correct time

And I tried and failed to answer the phone

It said "private number"

Then I dialed the number from the website


Thankfully he answered

In Turkey, there is a city called "Batman."

I've learned that there is only a handful of nations which actually have the death penalty on their law books..

Did you know that the metal iridium is very rare on earth but very common in space asteroids? Scientists have found levels of iridium 30 times higher than normal in the layers of rock dated to the time the dinosaurs went extinct.

Albert Einstein's eyes still remain in a safety deposit box in New York City.

I've learned that one must take a multi-layered approach as it pertains to internet security be it personal home user or business entity.

Fun Fact: All of US history from our independence in 1776 has occurred within a single Pluto orbit. It takes Pluto 248 Earth years to travel all the way around the sun.

Being chased is one of the most common ways of evoking fear in the player in video games.

I've learned that dreams can pertain to actual places, but not complete accurate

Canada's lowest recorded temperature has never been beaten; the temperature being -81.

This happened in 1947.