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Bored? Read These 18 Dumb And Useless Facts That Won’t Fail To Amuse You

10. Ben & Jerry took a $5 correspondence course to learn to make ice cream.

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They had actually priced bagel-making equipment before they realized it was much cheaper to make ice cream.

11. Bet you’ll never guess where the Michael Myer’s mask actually came from.

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The iconic mask is none other than a Captain Kirk mask painted white! So did you guess right?

12. The Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility is actually a “spacecraft cemetery.”

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Point Nemo is the farthest place from land anywhere on the entire Earth. Because of this, decommissioned satellites and space stations have been deposited here. This is good because there’s not really a risk of humans being knocked out from falling space debris.

13. In France, it is actually illegal for grocery stores to waste any type of food.

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The stores must donate their unsold, or nearly expired, goods to charity, or compost them! Seems like we could learn a bit from the French.

14. There is only one body part that blood doesn’t flow.

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In order for the human cornea to maintain its transparency, blood vessels don’t flow through them. Instead, the cornea gets its oxygen directly from the air! Oxygen dissolves into the tears and then spreads throughout the eye.

15. Memphis, Tennessee leads all the cities in the world for having its name mentioned in recorded songs

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The city is mentioned in 1,074 recorded songs, to be exact. You can check them all out here!

16. A large portion of Instagram users is under 35.

Digital Trends

Instagram has become the social media network for millennials. 90% of users are under the age of 35! Women are more likely to use Instagram than men, as well. And 32% of teenagers feel that Instagram is the most important social networking platform.