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Things that make you say "Hmmmm" - Inspired by RUM

In medieval England jurors weren't fed until they reached a decision.
The Chinese used to scatter firecrackers around the house - as fire alarms.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
A child laughs about 400 times per day. Adults laugh about 15 times.
The blood vessels of a blue whale are so wide that an adult trout could swim through them.
Some beaver dams are more than 1,000 years old.
Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female patients.
25% of Americans think Sherlock Holmes was a real person.
The leading cause of death in Papua, New Guinea is falling out of a tree.
Babies are born without kneecaps.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
Los Angeles is 2cm closer to San Fransisco than it was a year ago.
In her entire lifetime, Queen Isabella of Spain (1451-1504) bathed twice. King Louis XIV bathed three times.
Per capita, the cities of Winnipeg and CALGARY drink the most Slurpees in the world.
More than 50% of all the lakes in the world are in CANADA
Belgians once tried to deliver mail using cats. (It didn't work.)