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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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31 |
The name for creatures with two different eye colors is called Heterochromia |
Nature > Animals |
04/07/16 |
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32 |
Colloportus is a spell that seals a door, with a squelching sound. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
03/22/16 |
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33 |
Avada Kedavra is based on the Aramaic אַבַדָא כְּדַברָא, avada kedavra, meaning "be destroyed at this word". |
Literature > Harry Potter |
03/15/16 |
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34 |
Hermione Granger's middle used to be Jane, but was changed to Jean, because J.K.Rowling didn't want her and Dolores Umbridge to share a middle name. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
12/07/15 |
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35 |
In Greek mythology, a sculptor named Pygmalion fell in love with a statue he had named Galatea. |
Literature > Mythology |
10/22/15 |
|
36 |
Apples are more efficient at waking you up in the morning than caffeine. |
Other |
10/21/15 |
|
37 |
The answer to the Sphinx's riddle is Spider |
Literature > Harry Potter |
10/20/15 |
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38 |
Dark chocolate contains a high concentration of flavonoids, which helps your heart stay healthy, due to it's high cocoa content. |
Entertainment > Food and Drink |
09/23/15 |
|
39 |
The actress Emily Browning was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1988. |
People > Movie Stars |
09/23/15 |
|
40 |
The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes Vulpes. |
Nature > Animals |
07/27/15 |
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41 |
Michelangelo's ceiling in Sistine Chapel has lost only one piece in five centuries. |
Humanities > Art |
07/08/15 |
|
42 |
Although there are 120 stars in "Super Mario 64", there are 150 stars in "Super Mario 64 DS". |
Entertainment > Video Games |
05/14/15 |
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43 |
After the North American Feather-winged Beetle Nanosella fungi at 0.25mm, the Fairy Fly is 1/5 of a millimetre in length making it the smallest insect the world. |
Nature > Insects |
05/13/15 |
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44 |
While humans have 6 muscles in each ear, a cat has 32 muscles in each ear. |
Nature > Animals |
04/13/15 |
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45 |
The Hungarian Hornntail is a Dragon. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
03/25/15 |
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