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Fun Fact #73:

Sliced bread was invented in the early 1900s

Fun Fact #74:

There is a volcano on Mars the size of Arizona.

Fun Fact #75:

According to my recent tests, it takes an average of 500 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.

Fun Fact #75:

According to my recent tests, it takes an average of 500 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.

Fun fact #75.5 They modeled a machine after the human tongue. It took the machine 364 licks.

Fun Fact #76:

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

Fun Fact #77:

There are at least 7 people in the world that look like you!

Fun fact #78

The average life span of a flamingo is 40-50 years.

Fun Fact #79:

Vikings used to give women kittens as wedding presents in honor of the goddess Freya.

Fun fact #80

Humans can hear the difference between hot and cold water being poured.

Fun fact #81

Chicken nuggets were invented by one of Queen Elizabeth II's chef!

Fun Fact #82:

It is widely believed that a female praying mantis will always bite the head off the male after mating, but this is not true. It is customary for a male mantis to bring a gift such as food to the female before mating, and when he doesn't, she eats him. In captivity, the males just couldn't bring the females gifts.

Fun Fact #83:

Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.

Fun Fact #84:

Interstates were made in America for evacuation purposes in case of nuclear war.

Fun Fact #85:

Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex.

Fun Fact #86:

Echidnas have four tips on their penis. Nice!

Fun Fact #87:

There are more saunas than cars in Finland.

Fun Fact #88:

Black kites (aka Firehawks) cause wild fires by carrying burning sticks in their beaks and dropping them into the bush.

Fun Fact #87:

There are more saunas than cars in Finland.

(I told this to my dad who is Finnish and wasn't surprised at all)

Fun Fact #88:

According to NASA, somewhere in the deep reaches of space, there is a gigantic cloud of alcohol. Like, many times bigger than our solar system kind of big. Also, it apparently tastes like raspberry schnapps.

Fun Fact #88:

According to NASA, somewhere in the deep reaches of space, there is a gigantic cloud of alcohol. Like, many times bigger than our solar system kind of big. Also, it apparently tastes like raspberry schnapps.

As an addendum, the alcohol found in that massive cloud is methyl alcohol, not fit for human consumption. Nothing a bit of refining could do, though!

Fun Fact #89:

There's poop floating around earth from astronauts just throwing their feces out of the ship

Fun Fact #90:

In 3.75 billion years, the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide. The Andromeda Galaxy is approaching the Milky Way – where our solar system is – at rate of around 110 kilometres per second (68 mi/s) and eventually the two will collide to form a giant elliptical galaxy.

Here's a picture!:

Fun Fact # 91:

Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia was lost at sea at age 29. No one knows what happened to her ship.

Fun Fact #92:

Due to the success of the Can You Pet the Dog? Twitter account, many game developers have since added a "pet" option or command in their games, including popular Indie games like Enter the Gungeon!

Fun Fact #93:

Saturn's northern hemisphere has a raging six-sided storm nicknamed "the hexagon." Why exactly it's that shape is a mystery. But what is known is that this hexagon, which shares several features in common with hurricanes, has been there for at least decades ― if not hundreds of years.