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The record for the World’s Smallest Park is held by ‘Mill Ends Park’ in Portland, Oregon. The “park” is literally just the tree in the foreground. It was created when the city made a hole in the road to put a lamp post in but never did, so someone just planted flowers there instead.
 

 
The nearby city of Salem also has a park consisting of a single tree, but their tree is a lot bigger.

On the Italian island of Sardinia, a special cheese known as “Casu Martzu” is prepared; it’s a wheel of pecorino cheese with fly larvae on it and is eaten, insects included. Reportedly, those who eat it with no caution suffer from the larvae inside their body, leading to death. Highly illegal and banned by the European Union, it gets sold on the black market for high prices.

There’s a tale about someone from Sevilla Andalucia named Pedro Bohorquez.

He became famous for spending two years pretending to be an incan king and the natives around him believed him with his capital in Tolombón, even getting into fights against spanish governors until he apparently got bored.

In 2008, NASA beamed the song “Across The Universe” by The Beatles to the star Polaris to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song’s recording and the 50th anniversary of NASA.

The first video to hit one billion views on YouTube was a music video of Gangnam Style by Psy. It once had an 8-bit of him dancing next to the view count and again as two when it hit the 2 billion milestone.

The first ever video to reach one million views on YouTube was a Nike advertisement featuring Ronaldhino, a Brazilian football/soccer player

The term ‘Daily Double’ originated in horse race betting, but has since been appropriated by the quiz show Jeopardy! and by the McDonald’s menu.

^{(This is what a ‘Daily Double’ looks like, and it’s delicious!)}

@Mr.Myoozik
True, not really. I just like my facts is all.

@♬𝕸𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝕽𝖍𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖒♪
I know, it was founded by the McDonald’s Brothers, it was just easier to say “founder” for the post. Plus it doesn’t take away from the point as a whole.

@Mr.Myoozik
Ray Kroc didn’t found McDonald’s, he just took it over from the McDonald brothers who were the restaurant’s namesake and turned it into an enterprise

Ray Kroc and Walt Disney, the founders of McDonald’s and the Disney empire respectively, worked in the same ambulance unit during World War 1

The representation of women varies across the active duty components. Women are most represented in the Air Force (20 percent of the total enlisted force) and least represented in the Marine Corps (a little over 6 percent of the enlisted force).

Half of the 30 million refugees in 2023 originated from just 3 countries. Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.

The portrait of George Washington on the American one dollar bill comes from an unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart.

During the American Revolution, plays were forbidden by the Continental Congress. The Yankees saw them as aristocratic and wasteful activities. No doubt influenced by the Puritans’ work ethic and dislike of theater.

Washington, being a Southern plantation owner, however had no qualms and showed a play to his men at Valley Forge. A play about Roman Republic rebelling against Julius Caesar.

In the 1990’s, British company Hoover ran a promotion where anyone who spent over £100 in Hoover products would receive a free air ticket to the United States. Underestimating the power of demand and not having enough money to give away the promised tickets, litigation ensued amidst backlash when the company tried to cancel the promotion too late into its run. This would lead the company to sell itself off to another company as a result.

The Philippines is the most Christian nation in all of Asia.

Wyoming really loves horses.

Half of world population lives in this piece of circle.

@Hopen Way
Didn’t seem like anyone else did

@Mr.Myoozik
Yeah fair. I thought that the conversation could be taken the wrong way, and this should be pointed out. :d

@Hopen Way
Well when I wrote that taurine post, it wasn’t with the implication that it was a bad thing. I am aware that a lot of food has chemicals that are also used in everyday items and they’re not usually harmless. I’m just stating on how unusual it is.

@Hopen Way
I ingest a significant quantity of Dihydrogen monoxide daily; I’ve yet to succumb to any adverse effects.

@Mr.Myoozik
Tbf, just saying “X is used in Y” doesn’t really mean much. Like, you can say water is used in lead-acid batteries; doesn’t mean ingesting water is bad.

From what I found, although the effect of taurine is not entirely clear yet, taurine is naturally found in foods with protein, and the human body can produce it as well.

Things I read:

Bonus: have a somewhat related out-of-context chat message. (I don’t remember the context.) (Don’t try this.)

@TheGamerPainter
Yes, a lot of wild and even gross stuff is put into food all the time, even being approved by the FDA