I never knew that......

African Renaissance Monument in Senegal is the tallest statue in Africa and bigger both the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.
SO DOPE.

Of course They don't want to show the World THIS kind of Imagery, though. 
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Grape into ketchup as a result of prohibition.. Not the invention just a product that grapes was else used for that era
 
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On jeopardy contestants stand on platforms that raise and lower to keep them at similar heights. Other shows use this as well.
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The beaches of normandy are 4% shrapnel due to the amount of fighting on d day.
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Stephen colbert is a devout catholic and sunday school teacher
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There are cities that require you to own a gun.
. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23320447/nucla-becomes-colorados-first-and-only-town-mandating
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It takes the whole years crop of one cocoa tree to make about 400 grsms of chocolate.
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Around the world a jar of nutella is sold every 3 seconds
 
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One on the left is for a sink, the one on the right is for toilets.

Man, I remember a few years back I was at my dad's house and had to unclog the toilet. I ask him for a plunger and the ___ hands me this. I'm just looking at him like :|

As I thought at first glance, it didn't work. Larger sink plungers >>>> this flaw *** device :lol
 
The Origin of Car Names

ALFA Romeo
ALFA is an abbreviation for "Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili", Italian for "Lombardian Car Manufacturing Ltd.", while Romeo the name of Nicola Romeo, a businessman who bought ALFA a couple of years after its creation

Aston Martin
Named after the race "Aston Clinton" in Buckinghamshire in England and after the constructor Lionel Martin

Audi
Named after August Horch, whose family name would be "Audi" in Latin

Bentley
Named after W.O. Bentley

Benz
Named after Carl Benz

BMW
Abbreviation for "Bayrische Motorenwerke", German for "Bavarian Motor Factory"

Bugatti
Named after Ettore Bugatti. The factory was situated in Alsace-Lorraine, ceded from Germany to France after the First World War

Buick
Named after David Dunbar Buick

Cadillac
Named after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1656-1750), French explorer in North America, first Mayor of Detroit

Chevrolet
Named after Louis Chevrolet

Chrysler
Named after Walter Chrysler

Dodge
Named after John and Horace Dodge

Ferarri
Named after Enzo Ferarri

FIAT
Abbreviation for "Fabrica Italiana Automobili Torino", Italian for "Italian Car Factory in Turin"

Ford
Named after Henry Ford

Honda
Named after Soichiro Honda

Jaguar
Named after the animal jaguar

Lamborghini
Named after Ferrucio Lamborghini

Lincoln
Named after Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America 1861-1865

Lotus
Named after the lotus flower

Maserati
Named after Alfieri, Bindo and Ettore Maserati

Mazda
Named after Jujiro Matsuda

Mercedes
A name given to the cars manufactured by Gottlieb Daimler by its importer in France, Emil Jellinek..whose daughter was named Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz
The car trademarks Mercedes and Benz put together

Mercury
Named after the planet Mercury and the Winged Greek God

Mini
Means small, mini (originally a model name on a Morris, which latter on rather became a car of its own)

Mitsubishi
Japanese for "three diamonds"

Pontiac
Named after the town Pontiac in Michigan, USA, which in turn is named after an Indian chief by that name

Porsche
Named after Ferdinand Porsche, jr.

Rolls-Royce
Named after Lord Charles Stewart Rolls and Sir Frederick Henry Royce

SAAB
Abbreviation for "Svenska Aeroplanaktiebolaget", Swedish for "Swedish Airplane Ltd." The company started as a manufactory of airplanes to the Royal Swedish Airforce

Toyota
Named after Sakichi Toyoda

Volkswagen
German for "car for the people", a car that everyone should be able to have

Volvo
Means "I'm rolling" in Latin
 
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