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To find out how dinosaurs walked, scientists have been sticking fake tails on chickens

Source: http://factourism.com/source/chicken-dinosaur

From 1913 to 1915, parents in the US could mail their kids through the postal service

Source: http://factourism.com/source/mailing-kids

Boanthropy is the psychological disorder of someone who believes they are a cow

Source: http://factourism.com/source/cow-disorder

Your smartphone is more powerful than the space shuttle’s computers

Source: http://factourism.com/source/rocket-smartphone

A group of ferrets is called a business

Source: http://factourism.com/source/ferret-business

The startup music for Windows 95 was composed on a Mac

Source: http://factourism.com/source/windows-music

Listen: http://factourism.com/source/windows-music-listen

Giraffes with dark spots are more dominant than those with light spots

Source: http://factourism.com/source/dominant-giraffe

Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939

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

Slugs like beer

Source: http://factourism.com/source/slug-beer

In some parts of China, police replaced guard dogs with geese

Source: http://factourism.com/source/geese-police

One of Samsung’s first product was dried fish

Source: http://factourism.com/source/samsung-fish

Some dinosaur noises in Jurassic Park were made from recordings of mating tortoises

Source: http://factourism.com/source/tortoise-noises

Australian drivers in Queensland can get an emoji on their car plate

Source: http://factourism.com/source/emoji-car-plate

Men whose age ends in 9 are most prone to cheat

Source: http://factourism.com/source/cheating-age

Grapes catch fire in the microwave

Source: http://factourism.com/source/grapes-microwave

Alligators have permanently erect penises

Source: http://factourism.com/source/alligator-erection

Cows tell each other how they feel

Source: http://factourism.com/source/cows-talking

It used to be common for men to wear high heels

Source: http://factourism.com/source/men-high-heels

In California, the word people most often google how to spell is “beautiful”

Source: http://factourism.com/source/how-to-spell-beautiful

Russian soldiers were not always wearing socks until 2013

Source: http://factourism.com/source/russian-socks