Get Your Shot of Knowledge

Get your Shot of Knowledge every Wednesday! We post 35 shots on random topics to keep us learning and exploring new things.

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Here are 35 Shots of Knowledge – Cheers!

• Pluto‘s surface area is smaller than Russia‘s by under 200,000 square miles.
• Queen Elizabeth I used to flaunt her wealth, and was even buried in shoes with pearl medallions on them.
• Same-sex marriage was first legalized in 2001, in the Netherlands.
• A group of Russian and German soldiers during World War II, agreed to a cease fire so they could fend off an attack by wolves.
• Astronauts can not eat sandwiches in space due to a danger of the bread crumbs getting into the equipment and air vents.
• Paris was founded on an early Roman city called Lutèce.
• In 1911, Pablo Picasso was suspected of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.

• Airplanes rarely use the color yellow on the inside of the plane because it can cause nausea, which they’d like to avoid with their passengers.
• In Victorian Times, people would exchange locks of hair with those they cared dearly for. This was a common way to express their affection with one another.
• Iceland has more cannabis consumers than in any other country.

• Cadbury’s was the first to produce the heart shaped box for their chocolates.
• Caffe Trieste, in San Francisco, was California’s very first coffee shop. It was at this shop that Cappuccino was introduced to the west.
• The game Clue, was developed in the 40’s.
• David Bowie suffered a heart attack while performing on stage in
• Colorado has more marijuana dispensaries than they have Starbucks and McDonalds, COMBINED. Pretty cool!
• Albert Einstein’s last words on his deathbed were spoken to a nurse who did not understand the German he was speaking.
• The longest video on YouTube is 571 hours long.
• A total eclipse of the sun occurs every 375 years.
• Napoleon’s hair was woven into bracelets, upon his request, for his relatives to remember him by after he died.
• Pizza is the most frequently posted food photo on Instagram.

• It is illegal to sell Nazi memorabilia in Argentina.
• Martin Sheen had a heart attack while filming Apocalypse Now. He took six weeks off, then returned to set.
• The safest color for a car is white. Black is the least safest.
• During the France occupation, German soldiers were provided a guidebook that listed 14 brothels they could frequent in Paris, if they choose to. All 14 brothels were under German control and practiced safe sex.
• Bob Marley was buried with a cannabis bud, among other things.
• Three quarters of the Rolls Royce automobiles ever produced are still on the road today.

• The Hôtel-Dieu is the oldest hospital in Paris.
• New York State is larger than all of England.
• The most used hashtag is #love.
• J.K. Rowling was receiving welfare benefits when she was writing Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone.
• By the end of World War II, Herman Göring had 1,800 stolen works of art in his personal collection.
• YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees.
• July 12, 1962 was the date of the first ever Rolling Stones gig.
• Bob Dylan didn’t like hippies, so he did not attend Woodstock.
• Free weights at a gym have more bacteria than a toilet seat.

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