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A scientist cracked his knuckles on one hand for over 50 years to prove it did not cause Arthritis.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE -
Once you become President of the United States of America you can no longer drive on public roads.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Yoda's first name was originally going to be Minch.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 117 ad, Emperor Hadrian declared attempted suicide by soldiers, a form of desertion and made it a capital offence.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the 17th century Ottoman Empire, drinking coffee was punishable by death.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Nixon was the first (and, to date, only) U.S. President to resign from the Presidency and be pardoned by another President.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the 1950s, Las Vegas crowned a Miss Atomic Bomb.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The horses in Olympic equestrian events have their own passports and fly business class.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The first American woman to win an Olympic event received a porcelain bowl instead of a gold medal.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After a neo-Nazi group adopted a half-mile stretch of highway in Missouri, the state renamed it to the "Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Memorial Highway."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The world record for the most candles ever put on a birthday cake was 50,151.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Kenya has an ice hockey team.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A single ounce of gold can be beaten into a sheet covering nearly 100 square feet, or drawn out into 50 miles of gold wire.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It's illegal in Iceland for parents to threaten children with fictional characters.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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At almost 169 feet, the world's tallest waterslide, located in Kansas City, is taller than Niagara Falls.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The modern world's first international sporting fixture was a cricket match played in 1844 between Canada and the USA. Canada won by 23 runs.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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According to his wife Mary, Abraham Lincoln's hobby was cats.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Apollo astronauts trained in Iceland because it was felt that the terrain would most resemble the surface of the moon.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Sweden makes biofuel from dead rabbits.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Of the 142 million deaths caused by an ideology in the 20th century, 94 million were due to communism.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Female students in China outperform men to such an extent that some universities have introduced a male quota.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Babies cannot recognise themselves in a mirror until they are at least 18 months old.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Shakespeare's signature is worth more than US$5 million.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Congo the chimp was a famous abstract painter in the 1950s who sold paintings to Picasso, Dalí and others for up to US$26,000.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Americans wasted US$2 billion in 2015 putting premium gasoline into cars that don't need it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Norway had a "butter crisis" in 2011. 250 grams (8.8 oz) of butter cost US$50.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Over 200 women have run for President of the United States.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Pantone 448 C, the "world's ugliest color" according to research, is used by many European countries on their tobacco products to dissuade people from smoking.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Queen Elizabeth II has ruled the UK for over 25% of the time the U.S. has been a country.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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46% of American adults believe that the world is less than 10,000 years old, a 2012 survey found.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
