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1 in 5 people in the world still lacks access to modern electricity.

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From July to November, the Caño Cristales River in Colombia gets 5 different colors: yellow, green, blue, black and red.

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The average employee in Italy works just 20 hours per week, one of the lowest amount in Europe.

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Sweden has tax breaks on repairs to clothes, bicycles, fridges and washing machines.

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Despite being a 177 m (581 ft) tall structure in the middle of central London, the location of the Post Office Tower was a national secret for years.

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Most of the tallest buildings in the world are in China.

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After developing a passion for aviation while in Europe, magician Harry Houdini was one of the world's first private pilots.

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You can buy eel flavored ice cream in Japan.

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Women who get breast implants are 3 times more likely to commit suicide.

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The original recipe for margherita pizza was for a tri-colour version of the Italian flag basil (green), tomatoes (red) and mozzarella (white).

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We don't actually know for certain whether the T-Rex was warm or cold blooded.

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Seven people have keys with the power to restart the World Wide Web in the event of a catastrophic event.

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In 2016, a woman in China got her 20 boyfriends to gift her an iPhone 7S each, then sold them all and bought a house.

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Nikola Tesla once wrote a letter to the Red Cross saying he recieved a message from another planet.

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Nixon's administration had a statement prepared in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon.

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The astronauts in the Challenger Explosion survived the initial explosion and were alive for nearly three minutes, until the cabin crashed into the ocean at a speed of 200 mph.

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John C. Beale, a man who pretended to be a CIA secret agent, flew around the world on first-class flights, stayed in high-end hotels and cost the taxpayers almost US$900,000.

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In 1984, a boy wrote a letter to Ronald Reagan asking for federal funds to clean his bedroom after his mother called it a "disaster area."

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5,840 people in the United States have a last name that ends with their first name, with Donald MacDonald being the most common.

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Estonia became the first nation to hold legally binding general elections over the Internet in 2005.

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Amsterdam has a "Night Mayor."

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New York nightlife is a US$10 billion per year industry.

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Most Medieval Europeans were illiterate and needed visual reminders of hell to get them into church, so gargoyles were invented.

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A rare tumor called a "limbal dermoid" can cause hair to grow out of a person's eyeball.

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People who frown in photos are 5 times more likely to get a divorce than those who smile, research says.

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The invention of Glow sticks was based on the work of scientist Edwin Chandross. He didn't know his work was being used for parties until 2013.

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The Taj Mahal's white marble exterior is gradually turning yellow due to high levels of air pollution.

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Together, the world's top 12 richest people could buy all of Manhattan.

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Opossums have fifty razor sharp teeth, the highest number of teeth found in any land mammal.