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Atoms On Earth

There are quite a lot of atoms that make up the world, but not as many as you might think. In fact, there are fewer atoms on Earth right now than there are ways to shuffle a deck of cards. There are 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (67 zeros) ways to shuffle a standard 52 deck.

Gnurr

Aren't you ever surprised by the gunk found in the bottom of your pockets? Shockingly, that lint has a name, and it's called gnurr. The exact description is "what collects over time in the bottoms of pockets or cuffs of trousers." It's not a word you'll need to use a lot, but it's a pretty rare vocabulary word. 

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The More You Know

  • You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than 2 miles away.
  • Pizza only became popular in the United States after American troops occupying Italy during World War 2 became hooked on it and then popularized it back home.
  • The last movie ever rented at a corporate Blockbuster was "This Is The End" at a store in Hawaii.
  • Peanuts can be used to make dynamite.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.