Le meilleur et le pire des LSVs

Louis XIV (known as the sun king) took only one bath in his life: in 1665.

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The cat’s eradication, linked to beliefs of sorcery, allowed the spread of plague.

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Georges Washington used to grow cannabis in his garden.

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You can walk a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

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Speaking requires 72 muscles.

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A CD has a radius of 12 cm for a playtime of 74 minutes because it is the playtime of Beethoven’s 9th symphony.

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The first bomb launched by Allies on Berlin during the 2nd World War killed the only elephant of the zoo.

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There is no official language in the United States.

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The Sex Pistols only recorded one album.

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The world most sold pinball is “The Addams Family”, released in 1992.

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During one’s life, one spends about 4 years dreaming

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HARIBO comes from “HAns RIegel, BOnn”, creator of the company, followed by the name of the city where he created it.

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The modern Pizza as we know it was invented in 1889, Raffaele Esposito.

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Michael Jackson, at some point, used to be black.

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Bob Marley drove a BMW his whole life!

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An adult swallows his saliva 1500 times a day (on average).

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Apricots originally come from the northeast of China.

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As you can see, we have very few DYK in english! But anyone can help!

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Steve Wozniak (and, to some extent, Steve Jobs himself), used to be, before starting Apple in their garage, quite well known in the Phreak/Blue Box community. Wozniak’ nickname was… “The Woz”!

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