#75: 17 Daily trivia facts

Madrid, Spain, is farther north from the equator than Washington DC, USA. Tweet This

Buffalo Bill did not kill a single buffalo in his life; he killed however thousands of bisons. Tweet This

Even if both partners are HIV positive, they still need to use condoms during sex to prevent superinfection (i.e. being infected with a different strain of the virus). A superinfection increases the risk of acquiring drug resistance. Tweet This

The Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is farther west than the Pacific one. Tweet This

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Hillary Clinton won a Grammy Award in 1997. Her audiobook “It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us” won in the category Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album. Tweet This

Diocletian was the only Roman Emperor to step down voluntarily. Tweet This

On the island of La Gomera (one of the Canary Islands, Spain) the traditional whistling language is taught at school. Tweet This

All mammals, except for the sloths and manatees, have seven neck vertebrae. Tweet This

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Barack Obama is leaving to his successor eleven million followers on Twitter. Tweet This

If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world, only surpassed by the USA and China. Tweet This

The USA spent 2.7 billion dollars on candy last Halloween. Tweet This

In 2015, more US citizens were killed by toddlers with a gun than by terrorists. Tweet This

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Paper comes to the printing houses on huge rolls. A single roll could weigh over a ton and have more than 21 km (13 miles) of paper on it. Tweet This

Torpedoes have two propellers turning in the opposite directions. Tweet This

Some grey seals are cannibals. Tweet This

Until as late as 1986, many doctors worldwide thought that babies could not feel pain. Therefore, many surgeries were performed on infants without anaesthesia. Tweet This

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During World War II, a US pilot, Martin James Monti, defected to Nazi Germany with his airplane. Despite this, he was later allowed to reenlist in the US military. Tweet This