35 Random Facts That We Had to Get Out of Our Brains

It's chaos! There's been a leak at the fact factory! All of the pipes are bursting, and facts are falling out everywhere! We know this isn’t convenient, but could you grab a bucket and help our crew pick up all of these loose facts up off of the floor before our boss finds out? Just go ahead and grab as many as you can and shove them into your brain to keep in mind for like a boring dinner party, or, you know, wherever else you might need to bust out a cool fact that you learned. 

How much food is wasted in a year? What’s up with the rings on a narwhal’s horn? What was the purpose of the original roller coasters? What was the real moral of the story of Beauty and the Beast? Where did the magic that is ‘Flamin’ Hot Cheetos' come from? All of this and more below!

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