#73: 15 Did you know fun facts

Hawaii is the only US state to grow coffee and to use the Union Jack on its flag. Tweet This

The capital of Thailand is the only city in the country. All the rest are small towns and villages. Tweet This

Deaf Americans will be better understood in France than in the UK as the American Sign Language was created by a Frenchman. Tweet This

Jelly bears are quite effective in stopping bullets. Tweet This

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The construction of a 3-km-pipeline from a brewery to the bottling plant in Bruges, Belgium, was crowdfunded. The contributors will receive a bottle of beer every day for the rest of their lives. Tweet This

In 1986, three-quarters of the Swiss voters rejected in a referendum the UN membership. Switzerland held another one in 2002 and eventually joined the United Nations. Tweet This

In 1975, a male participant in the famous bicycle race Tour de France gave urine sample, using his wife’s urine. He was found “pregnant” and disqualified. Tweet This

Norway is building the world’s first underwater floating tunnel. Tweet This

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People who use their integrated browser (Internet Explorer or Safari) have a greater chance to do badly their job and to be fired than those who use additionally installed one (such as Firefox or Chrome). Tweet This

A Cherokee Indian, Sequoyah, aka George Guess, invented their written alphabet – the only known case when an illiterate invented a written language. Tweet This

Initially, there was no hole in the baskets used to play basketball. The hole appeared 21 years later. Tweet This

Lew Wallace wrote “Ben Hur”. Did you know that he served as a governor of the US state of New Mexico and once pardoned Billy the Kid? Tweet This

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Each year, more than 80 million tourists visit France. Their number is higher than the entire population of the country. Tweet This

The city of Shanghai hosts the first Disneyland in China. Tweet This

The US state with the most numerous flyover planes is Virginia. Tweet This