#1 The world’s first motel is in San Luis Obispo. Built in 1925. When opened, it cost $1.25 for a two-room bungalow with a kitchen and a private adjoining garage.
#2 Scotland was one of the few countries able to hold off being conquered by the Romans in the first century A.D.
#3 I Will Always Love You was originally written and recorded in 1973 by Dolly Parton. It was written as a farewell to her mentor of seven years.
#4 “Opposites attract” is a common myth. People are actually attracted to people who look like family members, or those with a similar personality type.
#5 Llamas can be used as guards against coyote attacks on sheep herds. Studies have proven that just one guard llama is an effective protector and can even kill the attacking coyotes.
#6 The unique smell of rain actually comes from plant oils, bacteria, and ozone.
#7 Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with the urine of beavers.
#8 If you heat up a magnet, it will lose its magnetism.
#9 The most expensive virtual object is “Club NEVERDIE” in the Entropia Universe which is worth $635,000. It was originally bought at $10,000.
#10 Cruise ships have morgues that can store up to 10 bodies at once. The average amount of people that die on cruise ships per year is 200.
#11 Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians, as well as the descendants of extinct dinosaurs with feathers. This makes them the only surviving dinosaurs.
#12 Small as they may be, ladybugs have a unique smell that humans are incredibly sensitive to.
#13 During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.
#14 The Marshal Mathers foundation for at-risk and disadvantaged youth, was founded by Eminem.
#15 A man with severe OCD and a phobia of germs attempted to commit suicide with a gun to his head. Instead of killing him, the bullet eliminated his mental illness without any other damage.
#16 Since 1955, 50% of the population of Niger is consistently under 16 years old. The total current population is 21,600,000.
#17 The author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale, is most responsible for the creation of Thanksgiving being a national holiday.
#18 The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman tomb that is over 1,650 years old.
#19 Chicken Run is the highest-grossing stop motion animated film, even beating The Nightmare Before Christmas.
#20 Nobody knows how the Academy Awards came to be referred to as the Oscars. The earliest mention was 1932, and was made official in 1939.
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