They’re just Dumb Random Facts that you probably don’t know. Some people might know them some people might not. You might know them. You might not. If you don’t know them you will know them after you read them. If you already know them than you already know them. You’re such a badass.

• Dumb Random Fact #1

  One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. The term was originally adopted in the late 18th century to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses.

  white male horse in desert landscape

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• Dumb Random Fact #2

  Between parts and labor, it would cost around $878 million to build the Great Pyramid of Giza today. That is, if you could even find people willing to work, which might be more of a challenge these days than the cost.

  Visitors riding camels in Giza Pyramid Complex with the Great Pyramid...

  Visitors riding camels in Giza Pyramid Complex with the Great Pyramid aka Pyramid of Khufu in the background.

• Dumb Random Fact #3

  Until the 1960s, the most reliable pregnancy test was injecting a woman’s pee into a frog. If she was pregnant, her hormones would cause a fungus to grow on its back.

  Tree frog sitting on a lotus flower

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• Dumb Random Fact #4

  The word “selfie” was used for the first time on an online message board in Australia in 2002. A guy posted a photo of his lip after he cut it drinking at a friend’s 21st birthday party.

  Adult male showing the signs of physical domestic violence.

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• Dumb Random Fact #5

  Nazi Germany claimed part of Antarctica in 1939. There are lots of theories on WHY they did it . . . from setting up a naval base to contacting UFOs.

  UFO Beaming up a Man

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