What an interesting world! Discover the fascinating facts and amazing stories about the world around you: In 1637 Rene Descartes, the French mathematician and philosopher, predicted that it would never be possible to make a machine that thinks as humans do.
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The only time you were wrong is when you thought you were wrong. Fortunately, you know your fast facts: The 16th century Escorial palace of King Phillip II of Spain had 1,200 doors. The world's first travel agencies were Cox & Kings, founded in 1758, and Thomas Cook, founded in 1850. A dog was the first in space and a sheep, a du
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Browsing the phobias you might develop a fear of words: logophobia. If you handled short words well but fear long words: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. more
Lists of the world's most odd and weird things... and some pretty serious info as well: | Tallest buildings | Highest bridges | Oscar winners | Largest body parts | Henry's wives | more
Did you know that you have a 1 in 649 739 chance of being dealt a Royal Straight Flush when you play poker? Your chances of getting struck by lightning is actually higher.
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