Even travelling at the speed of light it would take 2 million years to reach the nearest large galaxy, Andromeda.

Catnip is ten-times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET, the main substance used in insect repellents.

On August 21st, 1911, someone stole the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, from the Louvre Museum. It was recovered two years later.

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