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McDonald's has been taking advantage
of the used cooking oil in the UK.
Since 2007, they've been using the leftover oil as fuel
for more than half of their fleet of delivery trucks.
If you've ever wanted to know the difference
between jam, jelly, preserves and marmalade,
well here it is.
Jam is a thick mixture of fruit, pectin and sugar
that's boiled rapidly until the fruit is soft,
but thick enough to spread easily.
Jelly's different in that it's made from sugar,
pectin, acid and fruit juice that turns into a clear spread.
Marmalade is a spread made from the peel and pulp
of citrus fruit which is cooked for a long time.
And finally, preserves are chunks of fruit
that are surrounded by jelly.
Dr Pepper was marketed as a warm
holiday beverage in the 1960s.
The idea was to heat it up in a saucepan
until it lost all of its carbonation
and then pour the warm and sweet beverage over a lemon.
During season two of the hit show "I Love Lucy",
Lucille Ball found out that she was pregnant.
CBS agreed to write her pregnancy into the show,
but the network demanded that the word pregnant
was never to be used because it was considered too vulgar.
Instead they used the word expecting.
Even though Steve Irwin loved every animal on Earth,
there was one in particular that he thought
didn't like him very much.
During an interview with "Scientific American" magazine,
he said, "For some reason, parrots have to bite me.
"That's their job, I don't know what it is."
He also claimed that one almost ripped his nose off.
China is responsible for producing
58% of the peaches in the world.
Out of a worldwide production of 25 million metric tons,
that's about 14.4 million metric tons.
The CIP is the International Potato Center
which is located in Lima, Peru.
They proved that it was possible to grow potatoes on Mars
by simulating a Martian environment here on Earth.
There's a superhero in the X-Men universe named ForgetMeNot
whose superpower is that he's incapable
of being remembered by anyone.
Professor Charles Xavier actually had to set
a psychic reminder in his head once an hour
to remember that ForgetMeNot even existed.
The longest marriage ever recorded was 86 years
by a North Carolina couple named Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher.
They got married on May 13th, 1924
and stayed together until Herbert passed away
in 2011 at 105 years old.
Around two billion people in the Earth eat insects
as part of their everyday diet.
They're packed with protein, along with being inexpensive.
The only region where they're not considered
part of a diet is in the West.
Heisler Beer, or Heisler Gold Ale is a prop beer
made by Independent Studio Services
that's used in numerous movies and television shows.
It's appeared on "Beerfest", "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
and "Parks and Recreation".
Go back and look for it, you'll find it.
A blacksmith is someone who works with iron and steel,
while a whitesmith works with white metal
such as tin and pewter.
There's also a brownsmith who works with brass and copper.
The famous artist Leonardo da Vinci never had a last name
because he was born out of wedlock.
The da Vinci part of his name came to be
because he was born in the town Vinci,
so his name means Leonardo of Vinci.
In 1948, a local prankster in Florida named Tony Signorini
would put on a pair of 13.6 kilogram, three-toed shoes
and walk along the beaches at night
to create giant footprints in the sand.
Locals began to believe that a 4.5 meter tall penguin
was roaming the beaches until
the mystery was solved in 1988.
Whenever actor Kevin Bacon is invited to a wedding,
he always bribes the DJ not to play the song "Footloose".
He does this because he does not wish to upstage
the bride and groom on their big day.
The world's largest book suddenly disappeared
during some time in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Titled "The Golden Book of Cleveland",
it was 2.1 meters by 1.5 meters by one meter thick
and weighed 2,267 kilograms.
To put that into perspective, that's about the same size
as a queen size bed.
Almost every casino is designed in a way to avoid people
from turning at a 90 degree angle when they walk.
According to the book "Addiction By Design,
Machine Gambling in Las Vegas" by Natasha Dow Schull,
making these sharp turns forces people to activate
the decision-making part of their brains.
Casinos want you to curve gently when you walk through them.
According to a recent study by the University of Kansas,
it takes 50 hours of socializing to go
from an acquaintance to a casual friend.
It takes another 40 hours to become a real friend,
and a total of 200 hours to become a close friend.
Fashion designer Coco Chanel was a spy
for the Nazi Party and was an advocate during
the Third Reich during World War II.
She believed that Jewish people were a threat
to the entirety of Europe.
According to a study at the University of California Davis,
adding a small amount of seaweed to a cow's diet
reduces their methane production by almost 60%.
This discovery could lessen the amount of greenhouse gasses
that our bovine friends emit.
People with anxiety, depression or insomnia
have reported that they get a better night's sleep
when they sleep under a weighted blanket.
These blankets are filled with plastic pellets
and add weight, and cost anywhere
from 120 to more than $250.
Singer Rihanna has her own holiday
in her home country of Barbados.
Since 2008, February 22nd has been Rihanna Day,
and Prime Minister David Thompson announced it
at an awards ceremony.
Almost every mammal on Earth has the same number
of vertebrae in it's neck which is seven.
The only ones who do not have exactly
seven vertebrae are sloths and manatees.
But they wouldn't know 'cause sloths are slow.
On January 19th, 1977, it snowed in South Florida
for the first time in recorded history.
Retired meteorologist Jim Lushine somehow thought
that cocaine was falling from the sky
after perhaps, a bad drug drop had gone bad.
June 11th is Corn on the Cob Day.
Every ear of corn has an even number row of kernels
and there are 800 kernels on an average ear.
Many foods in nature consist of an even number
of rows and lines, for example.
Watermelons have an even number of stripes on them.
A coconut can be classified as
either a fruit, a nut or a seed.
Every part of a coconut can be used as they produce
food, fiber, drink, utensils, fuel and instruments.
This is why many consider them to be the tree of life.
In 1987 there were only 27 California Condors
left in the world.
They were all captured for captive breeding
and now there are 488 of them as of 2018.
The first ever in-flight radio transmission came in 1910
when Walter Wellmen, five of his companions and his cat
flew across the Atlantic Ocean.
The message said, "Roy, come and get this goddamn cat!"
The SR71 Blackbird isn't really black.
It was actually painted indigo blue
with a mixture of microscopic iron ferrite balls.
The tiny balls would make the radar signal
and heat dissipate.
Actor Joe Pesci from hit movies
such as "GoodFellas" and "My Cousin Vinny" released
a rap song in 1998 called "Wise Guy".
Seriously, look it up, it exists.
Really, he stated that he had originally wanted
to be a musician before his father pushed him into acting.
There are only four musical artists or groups
who have a Billboard Top 40 single
from the 1980s, 90s, 2000s and 2010s.
Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2 and Weird Al Yankovic.
Comedian Jon Stewart was a walk-on soccer player
during his college days at William and Mary.
He even scored the only goal in the game
that propelled the team to the NCAA tournament.
Researchers at Trent University in Ontario, Canada
tested the DNA of the chicken that's served at Subway.
They discovered that the sample of chicken they tested
was only about 50% chicken, the rest was soy filler.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was closer to us in time
than it was to the Stegosaurus.
In fact, the Stegosaurus was already a fossil
by the time the T-Rex appeared.
A fossil of the Titanoboa wasn't discovered until 2009.
They were the largest snakes ever, measuring 2.8 meters
and weighed 1,133 killgrams.
They were able to reach these monstrous sizes
due to the warmer climate on Earth
58 to 60 million years ago.
Today, smaller snakes can be found farther away
from the equator, while the larger ones are closer to it.
The U.S. Secret Service does not allow any president
to go to the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
The only president who was the exception to this rule
was Dwight D. Eisenhower, when he visited the monument
in 1967 at 77 years old.
The Arch is actually closed to the public.
He insisted on riding the tram to the top.
Many Americans considered celery to be
a popular delicacy in the early 1900s.
There were many different ways to order it at restaurants,
such as mashed celery, fried celery, and celery tea.
Kalamazoo, Michigan was also known
as the celery capital of the world.
Astronomers have calculated that it takes the sun
226 million years to completely orbit
around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The sun has completed this orbit only 20.4 times
since it was formed 4.6 billion years ago.
And the last time that it was in its current position,
dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
There is always a lunar eclipse 15 days
before or after a solar eclipse.
In 2018, a Wisconsin man had to have all of his limbs
amputated after he contracted a rare blood infection
from his dog's saliva.
The infection severely bruised his arms and legs
which decreased his circulation.
According to the Center For Disease Control,
people are more at risk for contracting this bacteria
when they have a weak immune system.
One of the earliest house structures ever
are huts found along the Dnieper River in the Ukraine.
And they date back to between 23,000 BC and 12,000 BC.
They were also made of mammoth bones
and large pits have been found near them
that contain stone tools, bone fragments and ash.
Winston Churchill might have had
a bit of a drinking problem.
His daily habits were three to four weak whiskey sodas,
a bottle of wine or champagne with lunch,
and another with dinner, and finished off
with either cognac or brandy.
Robert Kennedy had 11 children with his wife Ethel
before he was assassinated in 1968.
They also had 35 grandchildren.
The producers of the Disney film "The Lion King"
originally wanted the musical group Abba
to write the songs, but they were not available.
They ended up choosing their second
favorite choice, Elton John.
There's a statute in England that forbids
anyone from entering the Houses of Parliament
wearing a suit of armor.
This has been enforced since King Edward II
decreed the law in 1313.
It stated that, "Every man shall come
"without force and armor."
Almost 40% of Vietnamese people share the same last name.
The top 14 most popular names makeup 90% of the population.
The most popular last name is Nguyen.
For comparison, the top 14 last names in the United States
only makeup fewer than 6%.
Ken Imhoff spent 17 years building
a Lamborghini Countach in his basement.
He fell in love with the car after watching
the movie "Cannonball Run".
He eventually put the car up for sale on eBay
and sold to the highest bidder in Florida for $89,000 US.
It cost him $65,000 to build it.
The comic character Garfield's favorite food
was almost pizza because illustrator Jim Davis said
that it was easier to draw than lasagna.
The lovable and lazy cat's favorite dish
first appeared in the comic strip in July 15th, 1978,
where he says, "It's nature's most perfect food."
Jedi master Yoda's species is still a mystery.
It's never been determined in the "Star Wars" universe.
Much of his early life is also a mystery,
as it has never been stated where he was born,
but simply a remote planet.
The largest irrigated crop
in the Unite States is lawn grass
according to the International Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Every year we give our lawns so much water,
that it's almost enough to fill the Chesapeake Bay.
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