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Fun Fact #49:

The mantis shrimp has 12 color receptors in its eyes, compared to a human's three.

Fun Fact # 50:

In only 7.6 billion years, the sun will reach its maximum size and will shine 3,000 times brighter.

Fun Fact # 51:

The word "silhouette" comes from former French Treasury Chief Étienne de Silhouette. He was known for his austerity and led to the term "à la Silhouette" being applied to anything that was cheap or low-budget.
At the same time, the art of "shadow profiles" emerged - a way to have a picture of your loved ones without expensive portrait commissions. People who thought it was cheap called it "à la Silhouette" and the name stuck.

Fun Fact #52:

Black panthers aren't actually a species, they're just other species of cats with melanism.

Fun Fact #53:

The letter J is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

Fun Fact #54:

Between 1979 and 1999, the planet Neptune was farther from the Sun than Pluto. This won't happen again until 2227.

Fun Fact #55

The sky officially ends 67 miles up (it might be 60, I've seen both)

Fun Fact #56:

In Switzerland, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig because they are prone to loneliness.

Additionally to fact #56 (#57):

Switzerland offers a Rent-a-Pig program for guinea pigs who have been bereaved and offers it for enough time for the owner to retrieve another forever-home piggie.

Fun Fact #58:

Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.

Fun Fact #59:

Just a sugar cube of neutron star matter would weigh about one hundred million tons on Earth.

Fun Fact #60:

During the production of the first Godzilla movie, a few designs were considered. One of them was a giant octopus.

Fun Fact #61:
All of the roars in the Lion King weren't actually roars, they were a mix of tiger roars and other noises because real lion roars would have scared little kids.

Fun Fact #62

Hitler’s mother considered abortion. He also grew up in a neighborhood full of priests.

Fun Fact #63

Banging your head against a wall for an hour burns 150 calories.

Fun Fact #64

Three dogs were hanged for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials, because the girls accused them of being familiars.

Fun Fact #65
There was once a lawyer who accidentally shot himself trying to show how someone could accidentally shoot himself.

((Mood))

Fun Fact #67:

If you want to lose a third of a pound fast then go pee

Fun Fact #68:

Leonardo da Vinci could draw with one hand while writing with the other.

Fun Fact #69:

The Library of Congress has over 600 miles of shelves.

Fun Fact #65
There was once a lawyer who accidentally shot himself trying to show how someone could accidentally shoot himself.

Fun fact #70, There was once another lawyer who like to hurl himself at the window in his office to prove how strong the glass was. He died when one day he was showing this trick off to some people, but to his credit, the glass did not break; the glass just popped out of the frame, still intact.

Fun Fact #65
There was once a lawyer who accidentally shot himself trying to show how someone could accidentally shoot himself.

Fun fact #70, There was once another lawyer who like to hurl himself at the window in his office to prove how strong the glass was. He died when one day he was showing this trick off to some people, but to his credit, the glass did not break; the glass just popped out of the frame, still intact.

Both of these are big moods.

Fun fact #71

The after the creator of the frisbee died, his family cremated him and had him made into a frisbee

Fun Fact #72:

George Washington was a successful liquor distributor, making rye whiskey, apple brandy, and peach brandy in his Mount Vernon distillery.