You’ll probably be hearingThe More You Knowjingle in your head as you read these.

“There were only25 episodesof the originalScooby-Doo, Where Are You!1969 TV series.”

It’s as long as it takes some bands to get their first record deal."

Two men on a vintage TV show; one appears to be recounting his eyewitness account of Abraham Lincoln's shooting

“Ancient Egypt lasted so long that Ancient Egyptianarchaeologywas a career in Ancient Egypt.”

“Awormwas frozen solid for over 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost, but some scientists revived it.

So, it was actually not dead, just resting.”

Lucille Ball wearing a floral hat and vintage hairstyle in a still from a classic TV show

“A full-size basketball court canfitinside a soccer penalty box.

Still amazes me.”

“We livecloser in timeto the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the Tyrannosaurus Rex lived to Stegosaurus.”

Taylor Swift holding an award ecstatically with the caption "Mind blown!"

“The last execution byguillotinein France occurred the same yearStar Warswas released (1977).”

“Sharksexisted before trees did.”

“There aremore treeson Earth than stars in the Milky Way.”

Fred, Velma, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, and Daphne stand by the Mystery Machine

“Humans are the ONLY animals to have achin.

Give your dog’s chin a scratch?

Nope, youre scratching its jaw.

The Beatles posing together, wearing suits with flower patterns and ruffled shirts

Only humans have chins.”

“Thelast recipientof a Civil War pension died during the Trump administration (in 2020).”

“We are as far away from theend of WWIas WWI was from theNapoleonic Wars.”

The Great Sphinx of Giza with a pyramid in the background

“Wooly mammothsdid not go extinct until 1,000 years after the Great Pyramids of Giza were built.”

“Hannibal Lecter only has16 minutesof screen time inThe Silence of the Lambs.”

“If you’re 7 feet tall you have a1 in 6 chanceof landing in the NBA.”

Microscopic view of transparent nematodes among small particles on a slide

“Nintendo was founded in1889.

They were a card game company.”

“There were only two seasons of bothThe MunstersandThe Addams Family.

Aerial view of an empty basketball court with clear boundary lines and hoops at either end

Given the number of times I watched reruns, that surprised me.”

“It was only 66 years from theWright brothers' first flighttoNeil Armstrongwalking on the moon.”

“Greenland sharkscan live up to 500 years.

Fossilized fish embedded in a stone slab

They dont reach sexual maturity until they are over 100 years old.

When they get pregnant, gestation lasts up to 18 years.”

“During WWII, a bear fought in the Polish Army.

Starry night sky viewed from a forest clearing

He was enlisted as a private and later promoted to corporal.

He carried ammunition to the front line, drank beer, and was taught to salute.

His name wasWojtek.”

A reenactment of a historical battle with soldiers in uniforms holding rifles, carrying an American flag

Bush was almosteaten by cannibalsduring WWII."

26.And lastly, “That Macaulay Culkin’s middle name isMacaulay Culkin.

His name is Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.”

Illustration of three mammoths in a snowy landscape, evoking a sense of the Ice Age era

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Man in white T-shirt sitting, holding a toothpick, with a focused expression

Close-up of a textured basketball with the NBA commissioner's signature

Original Nintendo Entertainment System console with controller

Chocolate cake with a slice cut out, on a stand, with plates and forks beside it

Illustration of John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre

Portrait of Samuel Morse with his telegraph. He's seated, wearing a formal black suit

Illustration of three Greenland sharks swimming, with the caption "Greenland Shark" below them

Elderly person placing a Santa hat on a bear statue in a park

Pilot in cockpit with headset and life jacket writing on a clipboard

Brown puppy lies on floor biting a yellow rubber duck, looking at the camera

Man in suit holding a framed certificate with the name "Macaulay Culkin" on it, smiling and pointing at the text