16 Amazing Things You Probably Didn't Know

At some point this season, you are going to need to sound smart and/or interesting in a social setting. Hell, you might be thumbing through these images right now to avoid interacting with people. But don't worry. We've got you covered with these completely true facts you can use to spice up your small talk.

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ANCIENT SCULPTURES OF HERMES ARE ONLY HIS HEAD AND HIS DICK. Herms were statues of Hermes used to mark crossroads. These were just a bust of the god

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16 Amazing Things You Probably Didn't Know

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ANTI-VAXXERS HAVE EXISTED FOR AS LONG AS VACCINES. When Edward Jenner introduced his smallpox vaccine in the early 1800s, critics claimed it caused al

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COMCAST BILLED CUSTOMERS FOR HURRICANE DAMAGE. MENUJ In the wake of Hurricane Ike in 2008, 81 residents of Galveston, TX found that Comcast was chargi

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PABLO ESCOBAR LEFT A LEGACY OF FERAL HIPPOS. After Escobar's death in 1993, the animals in his private ZOO were seized and shipped off to other parts.

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JOHN LENNON GOT HIS ICONIC GLASSES FROM A MOVIE. You can be excused for not seeing 1967's antiwar comedy How / Won The War, because it sucked. But Len

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STAN LEE IS THE HIGHEST-GROSSING ACTOR EVER. Good ol' Stan has been doing cameos in Marvel movies since before they were watchable. Because he has pop

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SOME UFO SIGHTINGS ARE CAUSED BY AIRBORNE SPIDERS. In October 1954, a slow, glittery UFO was sighted over Florence, Italy, and a wispy substance fell

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THE LAUNCH CODE FOR MANY U.S. NUCLEAR MISSILES WAS 00000000. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear ICBMs couldn't be launched without entering an eig

From 5 Facts About Nuclear Weapons That'll Keep You Awake Forever

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ALL CRUISE SHIPS HAVE ONBOARD MORGUES. This is actually comforting when you think about it: If you die during a cruise, keeping your body in a morgue

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PARACHUTING DOGS FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR . British paradogs were absolutely a thing during the invasion of Normandy by the Allied forces in 1944. Trained

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SEVERAL ICONIC LOVE SONGS ARE ABOUT THE SAME WOMAN. Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight and Layla, as well as The Beatles' Something, were written

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PET FOOD TASTER IS A JOB THAT EXISTS. How do pet food manufacturers know their product tastes good? Why, they have people on payroll whose job is to

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NAPOLEON'S PENIS IS UNDER SOME GUY'S BED IN NEW JERSEY. When Napoleon died. his doctor wanted to return at least part of him home and chopped off his

From 5 Famous Corpses That Ended Up In Totally Random Places

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