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New York City has enough restaurants for one person to eat at a new spot everynight for 22.7 years without repeating a visit. #Places Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

The Cistercian monks invented a numbering system in the 13th century which allowed them to write any number from 1 to 9999 using a single symbol. #History Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

In ancient Rome, men who were found guilty of rape would have their testicles crushed between two stones. #History Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

The most dishonest election in history🇱🇷 Charles King is the president of Liberia in 1927, who got into the Guinness Book of Records for the most dishonest elections in history. He won 234 thousand votes in a country where there were only 15 thousand voters. #People Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

In 1936, the Russians made a computer that ran on water. #Tech Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

At Oxford University, a battery-powered bell has been ringing continuously for over 180 years. The exact composition of its battery remains a mystery, as disassembling the device would stop its operation. #Random Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

Your organs "know" the order they are supposed to be in, so when surgeons perform their job, they don't typically put everything back the way they found them. They let your organs organise themselves after the surgery. #Medical Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

Parrots can invent words.Some have created sounds that weren't taught to them. #Animals Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

A Cloud can weigh hundreds of tons. #Nature Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

Ancient Romans used heated floors. Underfloor heating existed nearly 2,000 years ago. #History Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

The Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. #History Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

The First mobile phone weighed over 1 kilogram. #History Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under certain conditions. Scientists call this the Mpemba Effect. #Science Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

There are more possible chess games than atoms in the observable universe. #Random Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

Looking into space is looking into the past. Some stars you see tonight emitted their light before you were born. #Space Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT

Antarctica is technically the world's largest desert. Deserts are defined by lack of precipitation, not heat. #Geography Join and share @SHOCKINGFACT