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The Hubble Space Telescope was named after astronomer Edwin P. Hubble in 1983.

The phrase "catch-22" comes from the 1961 novel of the same name by author Joseph Heller.

In 2013 police in the Maldives took possession of a coconut due to a belief that it had been cursed with black magic.

The $1 bill was actually the first dollar to have the phrase In God We Trust appear on it.

The iconic David Bowie section on the smash hit “Under Pressure” almost never happened as this wasn’t actually planned.

Did you know that it is considered bad luck to cut a mince pie with a knife?

Aboard the Challenger in 1984, Kathryn Sullivan was the first ever American woman to do a spacewalk.

According to a study, around 1 and 1/4 cups of sprouts can actually help protect DNA inside our white blood cells.

Did you know that IGN rated Bulbasaur as the 52nd top Pokémon of all time?

According to the National Peanut Board, the average 12 ounce jar of peanut butter requires around 540 to 550 peanuts to fill.

In 2012, a resident of Illinois managed to break a world record by peeling and consuming 8 whole bananas in 60 seconds.

Over a period of 500 million years, the tardigrade has outlived five mass extinctions.