fun facts thread bc I’m bored in the house :

The Twitter’s bird official name is Larry.

Too much nutmeg can be toxic. 2-3 teaspoons of raw nutmeg can induce hallucinations, convulsions, pain, nausea, and paranoia that can last for several days.

7 states w/ no personal income tax:
- Florida
- Washington
- Alaska
- Texas
- Nevada
- South Dakota
- Wyoming

States with the best property tax in 2020:
- Louisiana: 0.18%
- Hawaii: 0.26%
- Alabama: 0.33%
- Delaware: 0.43%
- District of Columbia: 0.46%

Work expenses are tax-deductible & its broader than you think. For ex: a stripper was able to deduct the cost of her boob job after a judge ruled her implants as “stage props”
So NTS: KEEP ALL RECEIPTS & deduct as much as possible!!!

If you buy a whole bagel in New York, you don’t pay sales tax. But if the store slices it for you, it’s considered prepared food and you’ll have to pay sales tax on it.

It’s illegal to sell a “bounceless” pickle to someone in Connecticut.

Vanilla flavoring comes from the goo out of a beaver‘s ass.
So technically not vegan?

Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.

At the Credito Emiliano bank in Italy, you can take out a loan using Parmesan cheese as collateral

2 different men in North Carolina and in Oregon tried robbing a bank for $1 so that they could go to prison & get health care insurance.

7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

The inventor of the Frisbee was cremated and made into a Frisbee after he died.

In 16th and 17th century Europe, cannibalism was actually a common practice, but it was all for “medical purposes”. They would crush up old Egyptian mummies because they thought they had healing properties.

Cows kill more Americans per year than sharks do.

Sharks can live up to 500 years old and they’ve been around longer than trees have.

A tick bite can make you suddenly allergic to red meat.

Astronauts claim that space smells like seared steak