Amazing Facts About Anything Thread

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Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.

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Britain Once Banned Christmas

Can you think of anything worse? But it's true, between 1644 and 1660, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell ( a sort of unelected Prime Minister) banned the Celebration of Christmas! Cromwell was a Puritan, a sort of very strict Christian who believed that fun things like dancing, music and even make up were sinful and upset God. Unsurprisingly, this wasn't very popular, and there were even riots over it! The English might not have liked it, but the Scots weren't as bothered - in Scotland there was no Christmas celebration from 1640 until...1958! Well, it wasn't a public holiday anyway. That means your great grandad might have had to go to work on Christmas!

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Famous conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a horde of bunnies! He had requested that a rabbit hunt be arranged for himself and his men. When the rabbits were released from their cages, the bunnies charged toward Bonaparte and his men in an unstoppable onslaught. lol

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Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise

Every 225 Earth days, Venus travels around the sun, but Venus rotates clockwise once every 243 days.

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Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport. Between 1912 and 1948, the international sporting events awarded medals for music, painting, sculpture and architecture.

When The Olympics had Art Competitions

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Australia is wider than the moon

The moon sits at 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles) in diameter, while Australia’s diameter from east to west is almost 4,000 km (2,485 miles).

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The small European country of Liechtenstein (Population 40.000) is the world's biggest exporter of false teeth.

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The small European country of Liechtenstein (Population 40.000) is the world's biggest exporter of false teeth.

lol Well that is something I did not know. lol