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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum

The kind of exertion that makes the world seem a little more fascinating.

Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum

October 22, 2020

Truly, the world is an endlessly fascinating place. Yet, of course, it doesn’t seem that way on a daily basis at all. Everything engrossing about it gets drowned out by the relentless drone of everyday life. That’s why we’re here to point out 13 interesting things you probably had no idea about until just now:

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- Leaf blowers are worse for the environment than cars — Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- Wild camels, which are found in China and Mongolia, can live on a nuclear test site. — Source: Wild Camel Protection Foundation

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Source: ABC News

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- King Henry II had himself flogged for having Thomas Beckett killed. — Source: Catholic Herald

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Marathons

Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- When Jessica Anderson finished first in a marathon wearing scrubs and pants — Source: CNN

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- Ed Sullivan censored the Rolling Stones (and they hated it). — Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- In the 19th century, pioneering investigative journalist Nellie Bly feigned madness — Source: Irish Times

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- JFK got shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific in WWII. — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- We've found the first planet outside the Milky Way -- in the M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, — Source: Discover Magazine

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum John Lennon caused a massive backlash by saying the Beatles are more popular than Jesus now. — Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- Someone in New York State bought a Chinese bowl for $3 and sold it for $2.2 million. — Source: CNN

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The Olsen Twins

Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen aren't identical twins. — Source: Cosmopolitan

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Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum
- Cleopatra is remembered as a beautiful seductress only in Europe. — Source: History Extra

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