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Getting your recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables can seem like a chore, but once you know these facts about what you’re munching, you’ll have something to talk about as you’re passing the kale. <div>
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1. Tomatoes are technically a fruit, but they are legally defined as a vegetable in the U.S. The 1893 Supreme Court decision Nix vs. Hedden ruled that since tomatoes were typically used in savory dishes they could be taxed as vegetables rather than fruits, and they’ve been legally recognized as a vegetable ever since. <br /><br /><br />2. In strictly botanical terms, strawberries and raspberries are not actual berries, but bananas and avocados technically are. <br /><br /><br />3. Swiss chard isn’t native to Switzerland—it originally grew near the Mediterranean. It was named by a Swiss botanist in a clever bit of branding. <br /><br /><br />4. The durian, a fruit widely available in Asia, has legions of fans despite being awfully stinky—it smells of rotting meat. The stench is so bad that the fruit has been banned on Singapore’s public train systems. <br /><br /><br />5. There actually was a Granny Smith. Maria Ann Sherwood Smith, an English émigré to Australia, allegedly found the shiny green apples that would eventually bear her name in her orchard beside a creek bed during the 1860s. They were apparently a mutation of a French crab apple. <br /><br /><br />6. Potatoes weren’t grown in Idaho until 1836. They were introduced there by missionaries moving west. <br /><br /><br />7. The ugli fruit, or Jamaican tangelo, is actually a hybrid of a grapefruit, orange, and tangerine. It gained its unseemly name because its creators thought it looked unpalatable when ripe. <br /><br /><br />8. The Black Sapote, a fruit indigenous to Mexico and Central America, tastes like chocolate pudding when ripe. You’ll know when to partake in the faux-chocolatey goodness when the hard green outer skin of the fruit turns black. <br /><br /><br />9. Besides having an acidic taste similar to grapes, the rambutan—which originated in Southeast Asia—is also an ingredient commonly used in soap products. <br /><br /><br />10. The molecular makeup of two sugars in beans, called raffinose and stachyose, are too complex for our bodies to break down entirely. The bacteria found in our large intestines break them down into hydrogen and methane, which explains beans’ infamous reputation. <br /><br /><br />11. Apples, pears, peaches, and plums, among others, are all members of the rose family. <br /><br /><br />12. Fruits and vegetables aren’t always a bargain. A 17-pound black Densuke watermelon—a rare melon grown only on the island of Hokkaido in Japan—sold at auction for roughly $6100. <br /><br /><br />13. Dishes containing spinach are known as “Florentine” because Florence native (and later Queen of France) Catherine de’ Medici famously enjoyed munching the healthy leaves. <br /><br /><br />14. Speaking of spinach, it’s not as loaded with iron as you might think. A German scientist misplaced a decimal point in his research on spinach’s iron content in 1870, and it took 70 years or so for anyone to notice the mistake. Whoops! <br /><br /><br />15. Despite the popularity of perennial favorites like apples and oranges, the most widely consumed fruit in the world is the mango. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br /><br />This work by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/factbunny.com">Fact Bunny</a> is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.<br /><br />Based on a work at <a href="http://goo.gl/aPiFgY">http://goo.gl/aPiFgY</a>.</div>
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27 Sep 2014

15 Key Facts About FIFA 15

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<strong>1. Emotional Intelligence</strong></h3>
FIFA 15 features Emotional Intelligence, with each player on the pitch reacting uniquely to the game situation. Your men will be down if they concede a penalty or miss a clear chance, but will be equally chirpy if they net a crucial goal. With 600 emotions possible, FIFA 15 promises a more human side to matches.</div>
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<strong>2. Unique crowds and atmospheres</strong></h3>
In FIFA 15 each crowd will react and sound unique. Chants in Anfield will be different to the ones in the King Power stadium, and the atmosphere will change dynamically depending on what’s happening in the match.</div>
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<strong>3. Team tactics</strong></h3>
As well as more emotion, FIFA 15 sees your opponents givensignificantly improved tactics. If you’re one goal down, you might find your computer controlled opponents time wasting, or even Parking The Bus.</div>
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<strong>4. Increased realism</strong></h3>
Thanks to the graphical power of next generation hardware, FIFA 15 is able to deploy improved lighting, and scanned 3D likenesses look more realistic than ever. Thanks to improved body rigging and character models, players also look more athletic - and move realistically.</div>
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<strong>5. Wear and tear</strong></h3>
FIFA 15 also benefits from persistent damage to the pitch, with the playing surface getting more worn over the 90 minutes. Particularly noticeable in rain, the pitch will start to show boot marks and gouges from slide tackles. The increased detail also extends to shaking corner flags and goal frames - adding an extra later of realism.</div>
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<strong>6. Improved dribbling</strong></h3>
Players like Messi seem to dribble with the ball stuck to their feet, and FIFA 15 makes it easier to do. Run Touch Dribbling means it’s easier to control the ball at slow speed, with more precise, accurate control when sprinting.</div>
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<strong>7. Tougher play</strong></h3>
FIFA 15 shows a renewed focus to the more physical side of the game, with shoulder barges, shirt pulling and push pull mechanics all showing the rough side to football. When it all goes wrong, FIFA 15’s improved 'big fall mechanics' promise stunning fouls.</div>
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<strong>8. Improved ball physics</strong></h3>
EA Sports has revisited the physics of the ball, making it more reliable and realistic than ever. In FIFA 15, each touch of the ball will affect its trajectory, and the game will even take into account how and where the ball was touched. As a result, the ball features more accurate, spin, curl and movement, so it acts more like you’d expect it to.</div>
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<strong>9. Clever goalkeepers</strong></h3>
FIFA 15 features the most advanced goalkeepers yet. Better AI means that your number one will assess the situation before coming out of his box, and react intelligently depending on the threat. Thanks to improved animations, your stopper will also look more realistic when he’s forced into a dramatic save.</div>
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<strong>10. Improved commentating</strong></h3>
Commentators will now describe the events of the game, and will even refer to chants or behaviour of the fans.</div>
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<strong>11. New ways to celebrate</strong></h3>
EA Sports have increased the amount of possible goal actions, so now there’s even more choice when you want to celebrate. As well as popular celebrations such as Eto’o’s Old Man, new bench animations show the emotions of the whole team.</div>
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<strong>12. Better set pieces</strong></h3>
It’s now easier to construct elaborate set pieces. Throw-ins, corners and free kicks can be more precise, and it’s also possible to control team mates off the ball - so they’re in just the right place to slot the ball home.</div>
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<strong>13. Turkish football</strong></h3>
One of the most requested features in previous games, FIFA 15 now allows you to play in the Turkish SüperLig. Featuring all 18, licensed teams, FIFA 15 now allows you to play with the likes of Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş.</div>
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<strong>14. FIFA Ultimate Team</strong></h3>
FIFA 15 sees an improved version of Ultimate Team, one of the most addictive modes in the previous game. Challenging you to assemble the best squad with the best chemistry, FIFA 15’s upgraded Ultimate Team mode promises to keep you coming back.</div>
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<strong>15. Management</strong></h3>
FIFA 15’s career mode allows you to manage your team on an even finer scale. You can preset formations and change them based on your opponents, and if they don’t work it’s also possible to change your tactics during games. If your current squad isn’t cutting it, FIFA 15 makes it even easier to see your team's growth, and makes it simple to scout possible new players.</div>
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27 Sep 2014

5 Surprising Facts About Freelance Jobs

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Over one third of the U.S. workforce are now freelancers, according to a recent survey. Think about that--34 percent of people working in America right now are freelancing, working contract positions for one or more clients. What we used to think of as typical freelance jobs are still in the mix--writing, graphic design, business consulting--but it turns out there is a huge variety of freelance work to be had. My team recently dug into the data to find some pretty interesting facts about freelance jobs.</div>
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After analyzing freelance job postings over the last year on FlexJobs.com, we determined which companies are offering the most freelance jobs, the industries freelance jobs come from, and who's working them. Based on our research, here are five surprising facts about freelance jobs today.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. There's a lot of variety in the top industries for freelance jobs.</b></div>
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The top industries for freelance jobs are education, writing, translation, graphic design, consulting, computer and IT, accounting and finance, web development, entertainment, healthcare, and sales and marketing. Of course, this list includes long-time freelance favorites like writing and graphic design, but industries with less history in freelancing like education and healthcare also also dominating the job market.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Lesser-known companies offer the most freelance jobs.</b></div>
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The final list we developed of the 55 top companies hiring for freelance jobs included some well-known names, such as GoPro, Time Warner Cable, Bloomberg, Expedia, Nintendo, and Ancestry.com. But the most surprising thing we found was that the vast majority of companies hiring freelancers are less well-known businesses and organizations. The 10 companies that hired the most freelancers over the last year are: US-Reports, About.com, K12, Razorfish, Overland Solutions, LanguageLine Solutions, CompuCom Systems, Carolinas HealthCare System, Appen, and Judge Group.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Many of today's freelance jobs didn't exist 10 years ago.</b></div>
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What's a Web Search Evaluator? It's a freelance job we see offered quite a lot now, where people are hired to conduct extensive internet searches to determine if the company's search results are useful and accurate, but it didn't exist a decade ago.Online Community Managers are often freelancers hired to help online gaming and social communities thrive by moderating commentary, engaging with customers, and troubleshooting issues. Virtual Teachers can now teach a huge variety of courses online--math, science, languages, psychology, history, even physical education. The rise in opportunities, largely thanks to technology, make it a very exciting time to be a freelancer.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Most freelancers earn the same or more than they did in a regular job.</b></div>
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According to the most recent large survey of freelancers, "Nearly eight in ten (77 percent) freelancers said they make the same or more money than they did before they started freelancing--indicating that freelancing can be an even more lucrative career path than traditional jobs." For people thinking of starting a freelance career of their own, this is very good news.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Almost half of freelancers also hold "traditional" jobs.</b></div>
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More good news if you've been nervous about making the leap into freelancing--there's no need to jump in full-time because testing the waters is the norm! Out of the 53 million freelancers in the U.S., 14.3 million of them are classified as "Moonlighters" because they have a traditional full-time job and do freelance projects on the side. And 9.3 million are classified as "Diversified Workers" because they juggle a mix of freelance and part-time traditional jobs.</div>
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Freelance jobs and the number of people freelancing is expected to continue growing. Freelancing is a very different career opportunity than it used to be, and for anyone who's starting to freelance or even thinking about it, we're hosting a free campaign over the next few months called 100 Days on Freelance Jobs. Be sure to check it out for more on the latest freelance jobs, companies hiring, and how to set yourself up to be a successful freelancer.</div>
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27 Sep 2014

5 Facts About Social Media Every Marketer Should Know

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As social media marketing is continuously evolving, the way people are using social media is constantly changing. If you’re a social media manager for your business, it’s important to know key statistics such:</div>
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where does your target audience spend most of their time online?;</div>
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how much time are they spending on these platforms?;</div>
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and what social media marketing trends can we expect to see this year?</div>
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We’ve put together the latest social media marketing statistics of 2014. Let’s start by looking at the who and where of social media users:</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">72% of all internet users are now active on social media.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">18-29 year olds have an 89% usage.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">The 30-49 bracket sits at 72%.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">60 percent of 50 to 60 year olds are active on social media.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">In the 65 plus bracket, 43% are using social media.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Time spent on Facebook per hour spent online by country. Here are the top three. USA citizens get the top gong at 16% followed by the Aussies at 14 minutes and the Brits at 13 minutes.</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">1.28 billion monthly active Facebook users – a 15% increase year over year.  <b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">802 million login to Facebook daily – a 21% increase year over year.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">1.01 billion mobile active users – a 34% increase year over year.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">66% of 15 – 34 year olds use Facebook.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">45% of Internet users 65 years and older use Facebook.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">114 billion minutes spent on Facebook a month in the U.S. alone on desktop PCs and smartphones.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Average time spent per Facebook visit is 20 minutes.</li>
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42% of marketers report that Facebook is critical or important to their business. (Source: State of Inbound Marketing 2012. Does Facebook play a big role in your social media marketing strategy?</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">1 billion registered Twitter users; however 44% have never sent a tweet</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">255 million monthly active users.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">500 million Tweets are sent per day.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">78% of Twitter active users are on mobile.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">On average, users spend 170 minutes per month on Twitter.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">45% between ages 18 – 29 years old.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">29% of users check Twitter multiple times a day.</li>
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Facebook is still the pack leader when it comes to monthly active users.</div>
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<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Google+</b></div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Google+ has 1.6 billion total users.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">540 million monthly active users.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Users spend an average of 7 minutes per month on Google+.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">70% of brands have a presence on Google+.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">53% of interaction between Google+ user and a brand is positive.</li>
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If you’re not on Google+, now is the time to create a Google+ page for your business! Google+ is expected to surpass Facebook in social shares by 2016, according to a study by SearchMetrics.</div>
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<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pinterest</b></div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">70 million total users (and counting!)<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">40 million monthly active users.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">80% of Pinterest users are female –why do you think this is?<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">84% of women and 50% of men stay active on Pinterest.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">92% of Pinterest pins are done by women.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">23% of Pinterest users use it at least once in a day.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
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Although Facebook and Twitter represent roughly 75% of all content sharing, Pinterest is considered the fastest growing platform for online content sharing.</div>
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<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Instagram</b></div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">200 million monthly active users.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">23% of teens consider Instagram as their favourite social network.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">13% of Internet users use Instagram.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Instagram’s mobile app usage has grown by 25% from December 2013 to May 2014.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
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Surprisingly, Instagram grew its user base to 150 million monthly active users in half the time that it took T<span style="background-color: transparent;">witter and in two years less than Facebook, according to research by the think-tank L2 Intelligence.</span></div>
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Do you think Instagram will continue on this impressive growth path in 2014?</div>
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5 Facts About Social Media Every Marketer Should Know

As social media marketing is continuously evolving, the way people are using social media is constantly changing. If you’re a social media manager for your business, it’s important to know key statis…

27 Sep 2014

10 Secrets facts About The Pentagon That You Didn’t Know

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It is always fun to learn something new. A little bit of history about a place you know or have heard so much about; it can be eye opening and surprising. That is why when we heard about these Pentagon facts, we couldn’t help but share them with you.<br />
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26 Sep 2014

50 Surprising Facts About Animals

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<li><b>An Ostrich,s eye is bigger than its Brain</b></li>
<li><b>Hummingbirds can fly backwards.</b></li>
<li><b>Some spiders can grow bigger in urban areas. </b></li>
<li><b>Cicadas expand and contract their exoskeletons to make their loud calls. </b></li>
<li><b>When caterpillars metamorphosize, they digest themselves into a “soup,” then reform into a butterfly. </b></li>
<li><b>The largest bat colony in the world in Bracken Cave, Texas, is believed to have20 million bats.<br /><img alt="Unbelievable facts" data-cke-saved-src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/funpedia.net_thumb.jpg?resize=668%2C443" height="424" src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/funpedia.net_thumb.jpg?resize=668%2C443" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>The sailfish can swim up to 68MPH. It is the world's fatest swimmer.</b></li>
<li><b>There’s a mammal in Australia that has sex until it disintegrates. </b></li>
<li><b>During sex, flies create a buzz that can attract predatory bats. </b></li>
<li><b>Female black widow spiders sometimes kill and eat their male counterparts after mating. </b></li>
<li><b>Female komodo dragons don’t need a male to reproduce.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEioaX1jRR2wjI9gEKbhccxWAGv-AeldwRnd4X8ed1nEqFVR98UjM2JlIYATx0LU_-MkgUKG8VHwMq_stguUYFkqYY6UJ1raFJoX5QQRtADh7Lkpac_my_r8CnDJdMqCz800w5gUevNb_pI-0gEt_zeP3mKuMoj7ORRCP2NInpFOxcPS1s71AWySMY51rVvRzBdwPww4i9Uscxa6p9Gf0N2WkP_cPAB4=" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEioaX1jRR2wjI9gEKbhccxWAGv-AeldwRnd4X8ed1nEqFVR98UjM2JlIYATx0LU_-MkgUKG8VHwMq_stguUYFkqYY6UJ1raFJoX5QQRtADh7Lkpac_my_r8CnDJdMqCz800w5gUevNb_pI-0gEt_zeP3mKuMoj7ORRCP2NInpFOxcPS1s71AWySMY51rVvRzBdwPww4i9Uscxa6p9Gf0N2WkP_cPAB4=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Bald eagles court each other in the sky. They lock talons while freefalling, then soar upward before hitting the ground. </b></li>
<li><b>Female kangaroos have three vaginas. </b></li>
<li><b>Snakes have two penises, but only use one at a time. </b></li>
<li><b>Bumblebees can sense a flower’s electric field and use it to find pollen. </b></li>
<li><b>Honeybees can taste with their feet. </b></li>
<li><b>And honey is believed to have an eternal shelf life.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh5Z9lYho2Ok-pz4Ee8dz42Q-MKlIijFv-V6AcE5LyIq_IyuKwprR8AaKVQb88MA2MFPEENK4TATH0QZFCXOM75QcoJuF_Pr6IkdtHu5s5a-FwuBgCY-Jw_C2tPDIvD23UyQ3-d1O-uVxD0o9e88XJBOhQHBv3PcnREv5An3LX3fSR6-4rZjz5rawCo048YpcRao8kwvRoEropr=" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh5Z9lYho2Ok-pz4Ee8dz42Q-MKlIijFv-V6AcE5LyIq_IyuKwprR8AaKVQb88MA2MFPEENK4TATH0QZFCXOM75QcoJuF_Pr6IkdtHu5s5a-FwuBgCY-Jw_C2tPDIvD23UyQ3-d1O-uVxD0o9e88XJBOhQHBv3PcnREv5An3LX3fSR6-4rZjz5rawCo048YpcRao8kwvRoEropr=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Armadillos found in the U.S. nearly always give birth to identical quadruplets. </b></li>
<li><b>Elephants are pregnant for almost two years. </b></li>
<li><b>They’re also believed to grieve for their dead.<br /><img alt="Interesting facts" data-cke-saved-src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kurakaniz_thumb.jpg?resize=655%2C545" height="532" src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kurakaniz_thumb.jpg?resize=655%2C545" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>A King Cobra can live for months without food</b></li>
<li><b>Penguins have knees. </b></li>
<li><b>Wombat poop is cube-shaped. </b></li>
<li><b>Guinea pigs are neither pigs nor from Guinea. </b></li>
<li><b>Koala bears aren’t bears: They’re marsupials.</b></li>
<li><b>On a 95-degree day, hugging a tree in the shade could help a 25-pound koalalose up to 68 percent of its extra body heat.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjbvEmB9BuEBwPmplTKqNQp7srKCH9mNRSoVyGx0QMPbFFcsA_pFvKdkdUlkFNW3UyfkfYXwcAjLDPfYGmgCPEtoAkA-WZm111YnRhfR71oaJ4TLWgJtyeEb6Yq-ebG0JUutJ6TbKmDzYRLoEb7waSL8A3_FSf1rQ8O5Yazcu6tPAdkg58oJDFfwIxAuh_2Tvi46J20RLvh1oRZBOf1HyycS7xRgc4=" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjbvEmB9BuEBwPmplTKqNQp7srKCH9mNRSoVyGx0QMPbFFcsA_pFvKdkdUlkFNW3UyfkfYXwcAjLDPfYGmgCPEtoAkA-WZm111YnRhfR71oaJ4TLWgJtyeEb6Yq-ebG0JUutJ6TbKmDzYRLoEb7waSL8A3_FSf1rQ8O5Yazcu6tPAdkg58oJDFfwIxAuh_2Tvi46J20RLvh1oRZBOf1HyycS7xRgc4=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Ostrich kicks can kill a human. </b></li>
<li><b>Male platypuses are venomous. </b></li>
<li><b>An octopus has three hearts. </b></li>
<li><b>Horned lizards can shoot blood out of their eyes to defend themselves. </b></li>
<li><b>Mantis shrimp have four times as many color receptors in their eyes as humans do. </b></li>
<li><b>Catfish use their entire bodies to taste things. </b></li>
<li><b>You can use a blue whale’s wax earplug to work out its life history. </b></li>
<li><b>Dolphins can stay active for 15 days or more by sleeping with only one half of their brain at a time.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhj0qthPNcPmWbenxqaNajqXj4g8fZwFtSuaxg_j6H2sqRLIeg4VXOaQwcfe_DyeWPJwbfqROrmZO3tKKiQT3Rf3-7ZstNWEuXo9naQgMPoWCNVJbwMCojq67qjdTOQ_JFGoGAFstAFKbb3lvrYNC8GxC8GvbAUsyVin8_sgM4gnd5U5mmbhhyphenhyphen7y8WgPacHNEiT7PiHtaOMPr5pSDLJPBjgu2Hg4Hw=" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhj0qthPNcPmWbenxqaNajqXj4g8fZwFtSuaxg_j6H2sqRLIeg4VXOaQwcfe_DyeWPJwbfqROrmZO3tKKiQT3Rf3-7ZstNWEuXo9naQgMPoWCNVJbwMCojq67qjdTOQ_JFGoGAFstAFKbb3lvrYNC8GxC8GvbAUsyVin8_sgM4gnd5U5mmbhhyphenhyphen7y8WgPacHNEiT7PiHtaOMPr5pSDLJPBjgu2Hg4Hw=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Some lobster species can live to be 50 years or older. </b></li>
<li><b>Lobsters pee out of their faces. </b></li>
<li><b>The Chinese soft-shelled turtle can expel urea, the main waste product in urine,out of its mouth. </b></li>
<li><b>Some turtles can breathe through their butts. </b></li>
<li><b>Each of a tarsier’s eyeballs is as big as its brain.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh9aAxbba16XMH-CWtf2rAt8MZrYAblW3f5_yN8paXEyWrPQAcBsmOYrEk11xkGuR45-cBPwFWAYVfsNYtSviTufVKPg86dYBK7apUJMq74Q53w3qzcE_7DXQfK-rn_36XC7GchJYJS3eAj1r8CP3bRqM10E0wJmc8VYwXXFgSvqicPFCNcowra50N8i99uaDg0AtHToeUx7Qfy=" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh9aAxbba16XMH-CWtf2rAt8MZrYAblW3f5_yN8paXEyWrPQAcBsmOYrEk11xkGuR45-cBPwFWAYVfsNYtSviTufVKPg86dYBK7apUJMq74Q53w3qzcE_7DXQfK-rn_36XC7GchJYJS3eAj1r8CP3bRqM10E0wJmc8VYwXXFgSvqicPFCNcowra50N8i99uaDg0AtHToeUx7Qfy=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>A group of otters is called a romp. </b></li>
<li><b>A group of rhinoceroses is called a crash. </b></li>
<li><b>A group of porcupines is called a prickle. </b></li>
<li><b>Baby porcupines have soft quills at birth, which harden within a few days.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhVzFFNt92Xx_gJwnULyDP_Xxv4lXKX4nz3I1Se15DJalgeZHtTycHsYhEaN80OwSZ5BH7m2jTASE00519CcPGaRXXQpj57q0y4SGYj7I5Fn6IZ9ilV_DMQkxEzWwnZO5OyEjHAMosCnYzvw68A9vuE3sYfCCKr7vDexjgDpy53HekJZm5iYwSI4UIQXZNvBvDLSnhd7SmMfULU0AYpDQ118-duOTE=" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhVzFFNt92Xx_gJwnULyDP_Xxv4lXKX4nz3I1Se15DJalgeZHtTycHsYhEaN80OwSZ5BH7m2jTASE00519CcPGaRXXQpj57q0y4SGYj7I5Fn6IZ9ilV_DMQkxEzWwnZO5OyEjHAMosCnYzvw68A9vuE3sYfCCKr7vDexjgDpy53HekJZm5iYwSI4UIQXZNvBvDLSnhd7SmMfULU0AYpDQ118-duOTE=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>While moms hunt, emperor penguin dads fast for weeks and protect their egg from the cold with a special flap of skin. </b></li>
<li><b>Grizzly bear dads sometimes kill cubs, so moms find dens that are far away from males. </b></li>
<li><b>Seahorse dads carry fertilized eggs in their pouch and can give birth tohundreds of babies at a time. </b></li>
<li><b>Tardigrades are the only animal we know of that can survive in the vacuum ofspace.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi12YEBXHL1FV-b1o_JOJFHv21jD6UFCFhc0aDQCcwmYvolK3gcJGZXBllfr_Ib5chDc0Td2SpaR_edddkICOI9eemhNVNG9JY0UYp7CcIvfpVDq33BOduP-5uNu2bDHKevy39wLqhrV_fdB8arHaP7icoTd1YQcSXyWMdqEbt87cuZGQ8IsxNbyYVSKSL1uJxU6qbdSGhSMMtVhYzpekHndlbazWg=" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi12YEBXHL1FV-b1o_JOJFHv21jD6UFCFhc0aDQCcwmYvolK3gcJGZXBllfr_Ib5chDc0Td2SpaR_edddkICOI9eemhNVNG9JY0UYp7CcIvfpVDq33BOduP-5uNu2bDHKevy39wLqhrV_fdB8arHaP7icoTd1YQcSXyWMdqEbt87cuZGQ8IsxNbyYVSKSL1uJxU6qbdSGhSMMtVhYzpekHndlbazWg=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Giraffes have sturdy hearts and high blood pressure, which help prevent faintingwhen they lift their heads from the ground to the sky. 46. Aging male giraffes go black instead of gray. </b></li>
<li><b>And that feeling you get when something is so cute you can’t help but want to squeeze it hard is called “cute aggression.”<br /><img alt="Strange facts" data-cke-saved-src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vustudents.ning2_thumb.jpg?resize=663%2C498" height="480" src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vustudents.ning2_thumb.jpg?resize=663%2C498" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>On average a Hedgehog's heart beats 300 Times a Minute.</b></li>
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50 Surprising Facts About Animals

An Ostrich,s eye is bigger than its Brain Hummingbirds can fly backwards. Some spiders can grow bigger in urban areas. Cicadas expand and contract their exoskeletons to make their loud calls. When …

25 Sep 2014

7 Facts You Clearly Didn't Know About Indian Police

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For us, the police are a set of people to be kept at a distance. But because of our distance from everything to do with the men in brown, there’s much we don’t know about them.<br />
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1. Bigger moustache = higher salary</h3>
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Police officers in Madhya Pradesh are given a slight pay upgrade for having a moustache. Their bosses believe that its lets them command more respect.<br />
Forget steroids, it is possible our police force will get hooked to hair supplements!<br />
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2. There are clearly not enough cops</h3>
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How much of a police force deficit do we really have?  To put the answer in perspective - for every 100,000 people, there are only 130 cops.  Another example - Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of crimes across India. It also has world's largest police force, but 80% of these cops are missing. Not Missing in Action - they haven't been appointed yet!<br />
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And two of them are engaged in more exciting activities!<br />
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3. Police officers often spend from their own pockets for official jobs  </h3>
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For his movie ‘Sarfarosh’ in which he plays a police officer, Aamir Khan’s research found that often policemen spend their own money to carry out urgent work. This could include anything from daily expenses to greasing palms for tip-offs. Red tape around budget approvals usually frustrate our men in uniform and then the faster way to get things done is to spend their own money.<br />
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Clearly, they're not! During a 2014 episode of Satyamev Jayate, a clinical psychiatrist spoke of police officers who had become victims of anxiety and depression after beating up people regularly in their course of work. According to an NCRB report, between 2006 and 2011, Mumbai saw the highest number of police suicides (168) in India. <br />
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And this new grade of politics isn't making their lives easier.<br />
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5. The reason behind the khaki uniform</h3>
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India can be dusty –and it was like this even a couple of centuries back, when British soldiers dyed their white uniforms a beige color to camouflage the dirt that their uniforms attracted. And that was the reason police uniforms are khaki.<br />
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6. The Indian Police spends more on housing than training </h3>
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India spent Rs 1,188.9 crore on police housing in 2011-12. A year later, this figure jumped to Rs 24,566.3 crores - even though we only added about 70,000 constables during this period. <br />
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7. Delhi police mentors poor kids through football</h3>
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Project Yuwa, an NGO that works for underprivileged kids has an innovative way to help kids fear the police less. They invite the cops to play football with them!<br />
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7 Facts You Clearly Didn't Know About Indian Police

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24 Sep 2014

40 Entertaining Facts That Will Absolutely Amaze You

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<li>Here are some amazing fun facts that could brighten up your monotonous day with excitement and some mirthful entertainment.</li>
<li>Did you know that if you are over a hundred years old, then there’s an 80 % chance of you being a woman!!</li>
<li>Giant Panda gives birth to a Baby Panda that weighs only about 4 ounces.</li>
<li>The banana tree is incapable of reproducing itself. It can only be propagated in the hands of men.</li>
<li>The penis of Barnacle grows up to 20 times of its own body size.</li>
<li>The flavor vanilla is sometimes made out of an ingredient from the beaver pee.</li>
<li>Blue colored eyes are a result of genetic mutation. All humans had only brown eyes before the occurrence of the mutation.</li>
<li>Canada alone houses more lakes than that of the rest of the whole world combined.</li>
<li>Almost all of the Bonobo Chimpanzees are bisexuals.</li>
<li>The famous cartoon character Donald Duck’s comics were banned in Finland as Donald didn’t wear pants.</li>
<li>It is quite possible to train and instruct your cat for using the toilet as litter box and then even flush it afterwards.</li>
<li>Charles Osborne had non stop hiccups from 1922 to 1990, for a period of approximately 68 years.</li>
<li>Children tend to grow much faster during the spring times than any other season of the year.</li>
<li>Some of the Chinese made fashionable hair bands were crafted from recycled condoms.</li>
<li>Chinese soldiers usually learnt their perfect postures by inserting pins in to their collars.</li>
<li>Microsoft founder, Bill Gates was a college dropout.</li>
<li>Common rats do not exist in the province of Alberta in Canada.</li>
<li>When astronauts are in space, they get taller by a few inches.</li>
<li>About 255 babies are born every minute.</li>
<li>Baby octopuses resemble the sizes of fleas during their birth.</li>
<li>Stroking a cat gently can lower your blood pressure signification; yes the theory is scientifically backed.</li>
<li>It’s not possible for cats to move their jaws sideways.</li>
<li>Chewing gum can boost your brain power.</li>
<li>There are more people in China as compared to the US than can speak fluent English.</li>
<li>A Chinese designer, Daizi Zheng, used Coca Cola to could power a cell phone. She designed one battery that could use the enzymes for generating electricity.</li>
<li>When you mouth ‘colorful’ to someone, he/she might mistake it for “I love you”.</li>
<li>Curvy lips are an indication of smart women that will deliver intelligent babies.</li>
<li>A dairy cow produces more milk while it’s listening to music.</li>
<li>Flavonoids present in dark chocolate can reduce and blood pressure and lower heart disease risks.</li>
<li>Sociologists have predicted that the better the economy of a country, the shorter the women’s skirts are.</li>
<li>No matter how hard you can pinch on a person’s elbow, it doesn’t really hurt.</li>
<li>Artificial teeth are at times minutely radioactive.</li>
<li>No two corn flakes can ever be the same.</li>
<li>There are four fingers in each hand of Mickey Mouse.</li>
<li>One person in every four Americans has been featured on television.</li>
<li>There are 32 muscles in each ear of a cat.</li>
<li>The memory span of a goldfish is only seconds.</li>
<li>The only fish capable of blinking with both eyes is the shark.</li>
<li>The eye of an ostrich is bigger than its brain.</li>
<li>Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.</li>
<li>The left hand of an average person does 56% of typing.</li>
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40 Entertaining Facts That Will Absolutely Amaze You

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24 Sep 2014

10 Amazing Facts About Milk

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1. Cows produce 90 per cent of the world’s milk needs.<br />
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2. According to legend, the Milky Way was created by drops of milk from the breast of Hera, the wife of Zeus, as she breast-fed Hercules.<br />
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3. Nero’s second wife, Poppaea, kept 500 asses to provide milk for her bath.<br />
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4. The current UK annual milk production stands at 13.7 billion litres (3.01 billion gallons).<br />
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5. Louis Pasteur developed pasteurisation for beer more than 20 years before he did it for milk.<br />
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6. In 1984, Swedish scientists reported improved milk yield from cows fitted with plastic discs with insecticide to keep their heads fly-free.<br />
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7. Buffalo milk has 25 per cent more protein than cow’s milk.<br />
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8. The world’s first commercial dromedary dairy opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1986, selling camel milk at £1.20 a litre.<br />
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9. Cow’s milk was first drunk by humans 10,000 years ago in what is now Afghanistan and Iran.<br />
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10. “The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.<br />
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10 Amazing Facts About Milk

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24 Sep 2014

7 Fun Facts About Autumn

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1. Pumpkins</h2>
90 percent of the pumpkins grown in the United States are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois, according to the University of Illinois,<br />
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2. Apples</h2>
It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider, according to the University of Illinois Extension<br />
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3. Halloween candy</h2>
Americans spent $1.9 billion in 2013, according to The Nielsen Company. That’s around 600 million pounds worth of Hershey bars, lollipops, Milk Duds, Twizzlers and Clark Bars.<br />
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4. Halloween</h2>
158 million people in the United States celebrated Halloween in 2013, spending a total of $6.9 billion on candy, costumes and decorations, according to the National Retail Federation.<br />
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5. Costumes</h2>
The highest searched costumes are zombies, Batman, pirates and witches, according to Google.<br />
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6. Daylight Savings Time ends</h2>
Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 2<br />
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7. Autumnal equinox</h2>
The September equinox occurs the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from north to south. This happens either on Sept. 22, 23, or 24 every year, according to TimeandDate.com. This year, it is Sept. 23.<br />
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7 Fun Facts About Autumn

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5 Surprising Facts About Social Media

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Social media has been part of our lives now for well over a decade. But while it’s integrated into our everyday routines in almost seamless fashion, we’re left wondering if there’s anything we don’t already know about it. Pay attention to what occasionally crops up about titans like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the rest however, and you might just surprise yourself.<br />
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Digital agency Join Universe put together some of the recent facts that have come out about social media. What you don’t know might intrigue you.<br />
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Social Network Users Are Seriously Charitable</h3>
A lot of naysayers and critics of social media often fall back on the argument that it’s a vain and superficial use of time. Check out the recent news conducted by SurveyMonkey however, where more than 1,000 American adults where profiled, and you’ll see that it’s a hugely developing platform for raising awareness and funds for charities across the world. According the survey, more than 45% of users say they hear about social initiatives three times more than they do through TV and other sources.<br />
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What’s more staggering however is that 63% of users claimed to have donated $100 or more to charitable causes in 2013 alone. Those are some pretty eye-catching figures!<br />
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More People Use Them Than Don’t</h3>
According to a 2014 report from Edison Research and Arbitron that profiled people in America, 52% of respondents said they had profiles on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and other places. That figure tips the scales and now points to the fact that more people now use social media than those who don’t. As if you could ever doubt the phenomenon!<br />
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Twitter Is More Diverse Than Facebook</h3>
That same report made by Edison and Arbitron also pointed to the significance of Twitter in bridging people from all racial and demographic backgrounds to becoming the most diverse social media platform in existence. 55% of Twitter users, according to the findings, are White, with 22% African-American, 3% Asian and 15% Hispanic. Such figures push Twitter ahead of Facebook in terms of user diversity. That’s a bit of a shock.<br />
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Older People Are Getting With It</h3>
Your parents making friends with you on Facebook might have already happened but you might also raise eyebrows at the fact that on Twitter the fastest growing demographic is the 55-64 age bracket. Growing 79% since 2012, it seems older people are really taking to social media as a way of life and brands are taking note, changing strategies to reflect the burgeoning numbers heading online.<br />
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LinkedIn Gets a New User Every Second</h3>
LinkedIn, the social network leader in the careers and employment sector, gets two new users every second. Headed to the platform to network and form connections in the professional world, that kind of user adoption shows just how useful social networking can be in terms of finding work opportunities.<br />
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Social media, with facts like that, continues to surprise people who often forget just how powerful and fast its growing as a tool for connecting people the world over. For aspiring businesses that’s big news. But for people just looking to make more friends it’s not too bad either!<br />
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5 Surprising Facts About Social Media

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