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Neil Armstrong’s boots are still in space

Source: http://factourism.com/source/space-boots

The sight of meat calms men down

Source: http://factourism.com/source/meat-men

Some ant species developed agriculture millions of years before we did, and live on mushrooms that they cultivate themselves

Source: http://factourism.com/source/farmer-ants

Drinking too much grape soda will make your poop turn blue

Source: http://factourism.com/source/blue-poop

Steve Jobs chose the name Apple because it would be placed before Atari in the phone book

Source: http://factourism.com/source/apple-phonebook

Sea otters have pockets in their skin where they keep food and rocks for crushing seashells

Source: http://factourism.com/source/otters-pockets

Pablo Escobar cheated at Monopoly with his kids, hiding extra money ahead of time where he planned to sit

Source: http://factourism.com/source/escobar-monopoly

In the 18th century, you could pay your ticket to the London zoo by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions

Source: http://factourism.com/source/pet-ticket

There are so many varieties of apples that it would take over 20 years to taste them all if you ate one every day

Source: http://factourism.com/source/apple-varieties

There are 71 streets in Atlanta that have “peachtree” in their name

Source: http://factourism.com/source/peachtree-streets

From 1945 to 1947, a rooster named Mike lived 18 months without a head

Source: http://factourism.com/source/headless-mike

Money shaped like knives was used in China 2500 years ago

Source: http://factourism.com/source/knife-money

Nearly all phones in Japan are waterproof, because Japanese women like to use them in the shower

Source: http://factourism.com/source/waterproof-phones

There is a city called “Batman” in Turkey

Source: http://factourism.com/source/batman-city

There is a basketball court above the courtroom of the US Supreme Court

Source: http://factourism.com/source/supreme-basketball-court

There are almost 10,000 benches in Central Park

Source: http://factourism.com/source/10k-benches

Colgate used to sell candles

Source: http://factourism.com/source/colgate-candles

Airplanes fly slower today than they did in the past

Source: http://factourism.com/source/flying-speed

France didn’t stop executing people by guillotine until 1977

Source: http://factourism.com/source/seventies-guillotine

Some species of starfish can regenerate a whole body from a single arm

Source: http://factourism.com/source/starfish-body