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  • There's a lizard outside.

  • It's so cute.

  • Look at it.

  • Hey guys! It's Wengie.

  • And rebound hug!

  • So for today I found some super interesting facts

  • from around the internet because you guys enjoyed the last one I did so much.

  • Today I've got some more.

  • I got a challenge for you guys today.

  • Don't forget to comment down below at the end of this video

  • and tell me how many of these fifteen you already knew.

  • I like knew two, so I'm sure you guys can beat me.

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  • Have you guys ever looked closely at a deck of playing cards?

  • I mean closely.

  • Next time you guys have a pack of cards in your hands, check it out because this is amazing.

  • The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

  • He must have shaved in the morning before they took his photo for the pack of cards.

  • In all seriousness, the reason for this is because of the printing process used ages ago.

  • Disfiguring would occur on the wood blocks they used for printing.

  • And that's why the king lost his mustache.

  • And never got it back since then.

  • But hey, I think he looks younger without it.

  • Don't you think?

  • It wasn't because he shaved in the morning.

  • That was just me being weird.

  • Mustache.

  • Another interesting fact about him is that he was also called the suicide king

  • because it also looked like he was sticking his sword into his head.

  • That's kind of creepy, right?

  • I don't know about you guys, but I always make sure I go into the movie early

  • so I can watch the exciting trailers for new movies coming out.

  • But have you ever thought, like, why are they called trailers when they're shown before the movie?

  • Well the truth is, they actually used to be played at the end of the movie.

  • But the problem was everyone left after the end of the movie and no one would stick around for the trailers.

  • But when it's a Marvel movie, I always make sure I stay until the end,

  • so anyways, they just moved the trailers to the beginning of the movie

  • and just happened to keep the name the same.

  • By the way, I'm watching the YouTube channel "Learnicorns", which is an animated series I created

  • where the advertising proceeds from the channel go towards giving education to disadvantaged kids

  • from all over the world.

  • You can contribute to disadvantaged kids just by subscribing and watching the episodes.

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  • So the invention of fire was a turning point for human evolution.

  • And we've come a long way from using flint to create fire, which includes using Doritos.

  • These days, we have matches, lighters, and stoves at our disposal.

  • But did you guys know that the humble match was invented after the lighter?

  • This seemed really strange to me, but it's actually true.

  • The first lighter was actually converted from a pistol and was invented in 1823.

  • And the match, as we know it today, was invented in 1826, which is a three year difference.

  • This was really crazy to me.

  • It's like saying that planes were invented before cars.

  • Like mind blown.

  • I've signed so many things in my life that I got so lazy

  • that my signature is like the most easily copied signature in the world.

  • It's literally just a squiggly line.

  • But apparently the signature line I've been signing on all this time is apparently not a line at all.

  • On things like bank checks, it's actually a micro security print.

  • This line is actually made up of tiny little fonts and words

  • that either say "signature only" or "authorized signature" repeated again and again and again

  • and it turns out that my check has the bank name written on it repeatedly.

  • When you look at it with the naked eye, it actually just looks like a simple line,

  • which I actually thought it was for the longest time,

  • but take a magnifying glass and pop it over it and you can actually see the tiny, small writing.

  • The reason why this exists is to protect checks and other important documents,

  • so if someone tries to photocopy something like a check, the actual print is actually too small to

  • replicate using a photocopier, so it will just come out as a line and that's when you know it's a forgery.

  • Now every time you receive a check, don't forget to take a magnifying glass and just double check that line.

  • What do you think of when you think of "croissant"?

  • Is it baguette?

  • For me, it would have been France.

  • And if you guys thought that as well, you guys would be wrong.

  • Kind of like me right now.

  • Croissants were actually first made in Austria.

  • However, it was later introduced to France when the Austrian princess Marie Antoinette refused to eat

  • any other pastry apart from the one from her homeland.

  • Pretty interesting, right,

  • and now I'm suddenly hungry.

  • This might be something you guys probably don't know about me,

  • but I never really even had a Barbie growing up.

  • In fact, I was such a tomboy.

  • I had Ninja Turtles and Transformers instead,

  • but what I found about Barbie was actually pretty interesting.

  • Barbie isn't actually Barbie.

  • The full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

  • That's pretty weird, right,

  • and apparently, she's also from Wisconsin

  • and her boyfriend, Ken--his full name is Ken Carson.

  • I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with the elaborate backstory they made up for her and her family.

  • If you guys are ever eating pineapple and think it's a little bit too sour for your liking,

  • which is literally me like all the time, try adding some salt to it.

  • Pineapples will actually get sweeter with salt.

  • The reason why this works is because sweetness and bitterness are opposing flavors,

  • so if you add sugar to coffee, you can mask the bitterness.

  • The sodium in salt actually neutralizes the bitterness in pineapple, which indirectly increases the sweetness.

  • This doesn't just work on pineapples, though.

  • It works on many other different fruits as well as chocolate.

  • This is why we sprinkle some salt into hot chocolate and it just tastes so much better.

  • Did you know that mints say that they're sugar free on the packaging, even though they're full of sugar?

  • If you guys see the ingredients list on the back,

  • you guys will see a whole bunch of ingredients with the ending "ol".

  • These are actually alcohol sugars and are not much different to normal sugars,

  • but because these aren't technically sugars,

  • the companies are going around saying they're sugar free even though they're really not

  • and even though these have slightly less calories than traditional sugars,

  • they are still packed full of calories and are still considered unhealthy.

  • This is such a dirty marketing trick to make us think that these mints are actually

  • healthy even though they're completely not.

  • Now you all know better and you won't be fooled in the future.

  • I don't know about you guys,

  • but I love instant noodles and I literally used to live on them during university when I

  • was looking for something cheap and easy to eat in the middle of the night

  • and in fact, talking about them is making me think about eating them right now.

  • Mmm.

  • Did you know that noodle companies are actually cheating you out of noodles?

  • Like you open up the packaging and you think you have a full cup of noodles, right?

  • Try cutting open the packaging sideways and you'll see something extremely disturbing,

  • especially to my tummy.

  • Actually only half full, the bottom is filled with air.

  • Like what the hell.

  • Are these like chips?

  • I'm so upset thinking about all the years I was eating noodles.

  • I was eating much less than I thought I was eating.

  • Have you guys ever noticed that in button up shirts,

  • male buttons and the female buttons are on opposite sides?

  • I didn't really believe this because I didn't see the point, but I went and checked and it's true.

  • Male buttons are on the right and female buttons are on the left,

  • so there are a lot of theories around as to why this is,

  • but one of the more popular ones is that men used to dress themselves.

  • Most people are right handed, so it would be on the right,

  • but females may have been dressed by other females, or maids, etc.

  • and so the buttons were on the opposite side,

  • so the person dressing them was right handed and it would work as well.

  • If you don't believe me, check your own buttons afterwards to see if this is

  • true and maybe it's an excuse to ask someone to dress you.

  • Mom, can you put on my shirt for me?

  • Have you guys ever noticed a little arrow on your car's gas meter?

  • For the longest time, I never even noticed this arrow,

  • but recently I started noticing it and I was wondering what it was for and then it hit me.

  • It's the side of the car your gas tank is on, so when you're pulling into a gas station,

  • you'll know which side of the gas pump to park on and this differs from Japanese

  • cars and European cars mainly.

  • This honestly would have been so useful when I was driving rental cars overseas and I

  • had no idea which side my gas tank was on, but now I know and so will you.

  • A baby rabbit isn't actually called a bunny, even though I love calling them bunnies.

  • It's actually called a kitten, which is kind of random and really confusing,

  • but it's a good piece of trivia to know and next time I look at Mia,

  • I'm going to imagine her with longer ears and maybe hopping around.

  • Wait, does she do that already?