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A loofah sponge is a gourd, which you can grow yourself. It can both be eaten and used for your skin. #FACT

Milk Duds were meant to be spheres, but the machines made less-than-round candies which the workers called "duds." The "milk" part of the name refers to the large amount of milk in the candy. #FACT

American Airlines offers free alcohol to passengers in exit rows. #FACT

Money laundering wasn't a crime in the United States until 1986. #FACT

American reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt spent most of their $10 million of accumulated earnings by 2010 because they believed the world would end in 2012. #FACT

There’s a jellyfish called the Warty Comb Jelly that doesn’t have a fixed anus. Instead, when the jellyfish has to poop, it develops an anus which disappears when it’s done. #FACT

There are 18,617 named islands that are part of the United States and its territories. #FACT

In 1920, The New York Times called rockets in space ridiculous, and belittled the rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, calling him less educated than a high school student. #FACT