Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

image from: The Inquisitor
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. treasury.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

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If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.

photo by: Sujin Jetkasettakorn
When sharks bite down, their eyes automatically close in case their prey starts squirming trying to get free, and thereby cause damage to the shark’s eyes in the process.
