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Nike’s swoosh logo was purchased in 1971 for $35

Source: http://factourism.com/source/nike-logo https://t.co/0275cSsqFL

50% of people admit writing down tasks they have already done on their to-do list before satisfyingly crossing them off

Source: http://factourism.com/source/done-list

Romans used tickling as torture, with goats licking feet dipped in saltwater

Source: http://factourism.com/source/tickling-torture

In 2014, Tinder got its first match in Antarctica⁠
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Source: http://factourism.com/source/antarctic-tinder

⁠The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of it every day⁠
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Source: http://factourism.com/source/vaseline-spoon

As a kid, Adolf Hitler wanted to be a priest

Source: http://factourism.com/source/hitler-priest

Rabbits can smell their dead relatives in the faeces of predators

Source: http://factourism.com/source/dead-rabbits

Scientists have found evidence of take-out restaurants in the remains of Pompeii

Source: http://factourism.com/source/roman-fast-food

Self-driving cars play Grand Theft Auto to learn how to drive better

Source: http://factourism.com/source/self-driving-gta

William Bullock, inventor of the web rotary press, was killed by his own invention

Source: http://factourism.com/source/mortuary-press

86% of women in the US are turned off if their date have a cracked phone screen

Source: http://factourism.com/source/cracked-date

McDonald’s has a ski-through restaurant in Sweden

Source: http://factourism.com/source/ski-through

There is a town in Michigan called “Hell”

Source: http://factourism.com/source/hell-town

The Dutch village of Giethoorn has canals and footbridges instead of streets and roads

Source: http://factourism.com/source/dutch-venice

Kellogg’s All-Bran is only 87% bran

Source: http://factourism.com/source/almost-bran https://t.co/2GZz2VzrG5

There is a giant statue of Jesus in Poland that serves as a Wi-Fi antenna

Source: http://factourism.com/source/wifi-jesus

Coconut water can be used as an intravenous drip instead of saline

Source: http://factourism.com/source/coconut-drip

Left-handed people tend to live shorter lives because almost everything is designed for right-handed people

Source: http://factourism.com/source/left-handed-life

Kiwi birds are losing their sight

Source: http://factourism.com/source/blind-kiwis

People eat 10 million cats every year

Source: http://factourism.com/source/eating-cats