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The city motto of Weed, California is "Weed like to welcome you". The slogan of Gas, Kansas is "Don't Pass Gas, Stop and Enjoy It".

Don't forget that there are four brand new episodes of QI currently available to view on iPlayer. Watch them before they disappear! https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006ml0g/qi https://t.co/ebGvaw2xGd

Documented Viking nicknames include Eysteinn Foul-Fart, Herjólfr Shriveled Testicle, and Skagi the Ruler of Shit.

Noisy humans keep birds awake at night. https://t.co/pAsqNdJuid

The so-called "mad hatterpillar" keeps all the exoskeleton heads it's outgrown on its head - forming a hat.

(Image: Donald Hobern.) https://t.co/eImHpwvy5S

How much is one hundred? Prior to 1400 in England, it was actually 120, not 100.

This number was also known as "twelfty".

55% of Americans report that they are more stressed now than they were in January.

New research suggests that having more money DOES make you happier.

On April 1st 1957, a BBC ‘documentary’ showed how then-exotic spaghetti grows on trees in Switzerland, to an estimated 8 million people. Viewers asking how to grow their own were reportedly told to ‘place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best’.

Longhorn crazy ants can reproduce to create exact clones of the mother and father.

Male vampire moths drink the blood of their prey, and later offer it to their mate as a gift during sex.

Somewhere between 23% and 100% of humans have relatively harmless microscopic arachnids called ‘eyelash mites’ living in the follicles of their eyelashes.

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Meet Dryocampa rubicunda, also known as the rosy maple moth. (Image: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://t.co/05rzDuEXGQ

Word of the Day: CACOETHES–an urge to do something inadvisable.

The giant golden-crowned flying fox, which is actually a type of bat, has a wingspan of up to 1.7m, making it wider than Danny DeVito is tall.

(Image: Gregg Yann) https://t.co/qQs2y3YbZT

In the UK, there are over 30 possible recycling symbols which all mean different things: https://www.gwp.co.uk/guides/recycling-symbols-on-packaging/

Around two thirds of all music sold, downloaded, and streamed worldwide is owned by three corporations: Universal, Sony and Warner.

This is the long-wattled umbrellabird. The length of the wattle can be controlled– retracted in flight and extended when it wants to impress a female. https://t.co/ajTNGY8Kh1

In 1900, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle caught fire during a cricket match at Lord’s. The ball hit a box of matches in his pocket.