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The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets (+ 8 more facts)

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During the Roman times, people used urine, called lotium in Latin, as a hair product
In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet
In the movie "Babe", the piglet was played by over 30 different piglets they outgrew the part so quickly during the production of the film
The windiest place in the world is Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA. The highest wind was on April 12, 1934 when it reached 231 mph.
Stewardesses is one of the longest words typed with only the left hand
Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys
On May 9, 1999 approximately 600,000 gallons of whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River during a fire at Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836

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