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Amy Winehouse was kicked out of school for piercing her nose at the age of 13
Amy Winehouse died at the same age as Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain… the 27 club? Is it a fact?

The longest civil war is fought in Myanmar which has been in strife since 1948 – present
The longest ongoing war (not civil) is between Isreal and Palastine which started in 1947
The longest war in history goes to the incorrectly named 100-year-war between Britain and Frace which went on for 116 years
The shortest war took place in 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered to Britain after 38 minutes
Chevy Chase was a battle that took place on the english-Scottish border in 1388
Global spending on defence total more than $700 billion. Global spending on education is less than $100 billion

Wasp larvae feed on insects while adult wasps feed mainly of fruit and sugar
Wasps live on an annual cycle. Every winter, only fertilized queens survive, leaving all the other wasps to die

Hot water weighs less than cold water for a given volume.Thanx Tony W
There are more than 326 million trillion gallons of water on Earth
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass
If a glass of distilled water is microwaved, and then taken out upon which an additive is added, it will explode

Microscopic critters known as tardigrades, or water bears live in droplets of water.
When they lose water, they can go to sleep for up to 100 years. A little water is all it takes for them to spring back to life.

The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations

Blue and fin whales can create the loudest sound by animals ever recorded; sounds that have more energy than jet plane noise
It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2000 balloons
Humpback whales are the only ones that use bubbles to help capture their prey. The bubbles trap fish in a spot for feeding whales
Fin whales are the second largest animal ever to live on earth. They have been measured to over 80 feet long in Antarctic waters
The blue whale has a heart the size of a small car and its blood vessal is so broad, that a person could swim through it
The beluga whale ‘hears’ sound with its lower fat-filled jaw bone, which conducts sound into the middle ear

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound

Wonka’s chocolate room used enough fake chocolate to fill a swimming pool
1850 real chocolate bars were made by Nestle for the film- A special walk-in trailer was acquired to hold all the chocolate. It was kept at a certain humidity to preserve and safe guard the chocolate. All chocolate was made with real ingredients.
Other real candy made for the film included:All the lollipops on the trees, the giant pink sugar canes, the giant humbugs and the red & white swirls of the sweeping tree were all real
The Nut Room- Animal trainer Michael Alexander and his team spent 19 weeks training 40 squirrels for the squirrel room scene. The squirrels were trained to sit on stools while they opened nut shells and dropped the nuts onto a conveyor belt