Fact of the Day

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Humans have caused 322 animal extinctions over the past 500 years.

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There are 1,007 people named James Bond, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/w...thon/25890359/

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The letters Q, W, and X were illegal in Turkey for 85 years.

https://slate.com/human-interest/201...-85-years.html

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“A dog is a hybrid of the wolf and the vixen. In ancient times wild dogs were rather scarce, precisely for the same reason. There is hardly any dog fossil amongst the available fossils of ancient animals. Nowadays, however, wild dogs are also prevalent. These wild dogs live gregariously in jungles, and even a gigantic tiger has been seen to be flabbergasted and killed by a concerted attack of these dogs.”

“Although a dog is a hybrid of the wolf and the vixen, it must be said that there are many radical, extreme differences between a wolf and a dog. A wolf is voracious, but a dog feels satisfied with a small meal. It is difficult to tame a wolf, but a dog loves to be domesticated. A dog is extremely faithful and loyal to its master. A wolf is neither faithful nor loyal to its master. A dog is not ferocious by nature. It attacks or frightens someone as part of its duty. A wolf is ferocious by nature. It has no sense of duty. A dog would not normally kill a creature if its stomach were full. But a wolf, even when its belly is full, kills a creature. If it has no capacity to eat it, it carries the carcass to its den and eats it according to its convenience. Dogs do not generally fight with other members of the dog family. They fight with members of the feline family. But a wolf does not observe any such principle. A wolf avoids the strong and unnecessarily attacks the weak. Although there is a family resemblance between the wolf and the dog, whenever a dog is sighted the wolf attacks and kills it.”

“There are many differences between a jackal and a dog. A dog generally moves about during the daytime. But jackals are night prowlers by nature. A jackal moves in the daytime only when it is in danger, it has to change locations or is excessively hungry. A jackal lives in a hole, but a dog never likes to live in a hole. It prefers to live in the open. A jackal cannot be tamed; but a dog can. By virtue of being night prowlers, the jackals periodically howl in chorus to preserve their solidarity and register their presence. However, dogs do not have this habit. They bark collectively only when they have to fight an enemy as a body. Although both jackals and dogs belong to the canine family, a dog chases a jackal whenever it sees one. A jackal runs away at the sight of a dog. By nature a dog is brave and a jackal is cowardly.”

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“Beats" by Dre headphones, which can sell for as much as $450, only cost about $14 to produce.

http://financialjune****th.com/cheap...st-14-to-make/

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In 1902, a lightning strike damaged the upper section of the Eiffel Tower, requiring the reconstruction of its top.

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Fearing a German invasion, in 1940 Alan Turing converted his assets into silver ingots and buried them in Buckinghamshire. He spent the rest of his life failing to find them.

http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/mkha/mkh.../docs/198.html

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Of a total of about 7,000 staff at Auschwitz, only 750 were ever punished.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pre...tz_facts.shtml

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Up until the early 1800s, dentures were primarily made from the teeth of dead soldiers.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33085031

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Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died within 10 months of each other, all of drug-related causes, all at 27 years old.