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25 Facts to Amaze And Astound With!

This Thanksgiving, Have Something To Contribute For Once!

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Thanksgiving is coming up, and you've got to have SOMETHING to show for that college education! So we have (through much investigation and personal risk) put together a compendium of 25 pieces of knowledge with which to impress all your relatives while gathered around the turkey.

1) The average cat sleeps up to 16 hours per day!

2) The real reason that "banana" flavored things don't taste like banana to you is because it's based on the flavor of a banana that was wiped out in the 1950's!

3) You can become a certified pirate at MIT! Just take courses in sailing, fencing, pistol marksmanship and archery.

4) There was a Silent Hill reference here. It's gone now.

5) It's estimated that there are over ONE HUNDRED tribes around the world that have never been contacted by civilization.

6) The Lord of the Rings series won 17 of the 30 Oscars it was nominated for.

7) Technically, I'm speaking to you from the past!

8) Peter Dinklage once died for 4 full minutes, and upon resuscitation, all he would say was "I stared into the void, and the void stared back" for a week.

9) Lobsters were once considered the cockroach of the sea, and were a low class food served to the poor!

10) Iron Man is a role of Tony Stark's, who's played by Robert Downey Junior. He's a dude, playing another dude, portraying a third dude!

11) Somewhere in the US at any moment, there is at least one person watching "The Titanic" and thinking they're the first person to wonder why Rose doesn't just let Jack onto to the door, or at least take turns.

12) Fire doesn't hurt if you concentrate hard enough.

13) Dreamworks Studios was founded after Jeffery Katzenberg swore revenge against Disney for firing him!

14) the cult of Cthulhu has secretly risen to power in the U.S. Government. T'yar Vella Gromms'tra Cthulhu Ra! All hail his tentacled face!

15) If we didn't eat calamari, the population of squid would rise to dangerous levels. Do your part to prevent the squid uprising!

16) Seinfeld is an overrated show.

17) You're more likely to slip in your shower and compared to being attacked by a shark, so Discovery Channel is starting Slipping in Showers Week in 2017.

18) Remember that time the Johnny Depp was terrible as Willy Wonka? I remember!

19) Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird.

20) 90% of all MENSA members still retain a subscription to Highlights Magazine.

21) Hawaii's state flag is the only one with a Union Jack on it.

22) When written down, the word "almost" is the longest English word to have all of its letters in alphabetical order.

23) Sonic the Hedgehog holds the Guinness Record for "fastest video game character". He also holds the record for "Quickest Plummet into Terrible Games".

24) Jurassic Park is a perfect film, and if you disagree I will fight you. That's a fact!

25) This list of 25 facts contains less than 25 facts.

Now you have some ammunition for dinner conversation this Thanksgiving season. Maybe your parents will finally be proud of you for actually learning something, like your brother. Why can't you be more like your brother?

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