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It took Quebec until 2006 to pay off its debt from hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The top speed at the world's first real automobile race in 1895 was just 15 mph.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After the Crimean war, and until 1916, soldiers in the British army were required to sport mustaches.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the 19th century, doctors treated hysteria in women by inducing orgasms. This is how the vibrator was invented.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Allies parachuted dummies over Normandy on D-day to distract Nazi gunners from the real paratroopers.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Tarantulas have evolved almost exactly the same shade of vibrant blue at least 8 separate times.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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About US$2 billion in lottery prizes go unclaimed every year in the U.S.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Neil Armstrong threatened legal action against his barber for selling his hair to a collector for US$3,000.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Studies show tattoos make it more difficult to find skin cancer, since a malignant mole can take on the color of the tattoo surrounding it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There is an island known as "Just Room Enough Island" that has just enough room for a tree and a house.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Vegans in the UK went from 150,000 in 2006 to 542,000 in 2016.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A female president's husband would be known as "First Gentleman".♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Lady Gaga wrote her hit "Just Dance" with her producer in just 10 minutes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Saudi Arabia didn't start sending women to the Olympics until 2012.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Bajau people of Malaysia live almost entirely at sea.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Portuguese is spoken more in Angola and Mozambique than it is in Portugal.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A Russian scientist attempted to achieve immortality by transfusing his blood with that of young people. He died after accidentally transfusing his blood with that of a malaria victim.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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New York's subway is the only rapid transit system in the world that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, almost nonstop since 1904.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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McDonald's paid Justin Timberlake about US$6 million to sing the "ba-da-ba-ba-bah" jingle in the first U.S. "I'm Lovin' It" TV spots.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There was a toilet paper shortage in the U.S. in 1973 caused by a joke on a talk show that convinced people to hoard toilet paper.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2004, an Australian research institute published a study on the loss of teaspoons in the workplace.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The first colored man to win the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Bunche, who won it in 1950 for his mediation work between Arabs and Israelis.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Spartan men were not allowed to live with their families until they left their active military service at age 30.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The U.S. declared war on the Mormon Church in 1857 because they wanted to govern Utah under different, more religious laws than the Federal Government would allow.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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An estimated 80% of available jobs in the U.S. never get posted or advertised.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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9 people died every day in 2015 while commuting in local trains of Mumbai, India.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Trees "sleep" at night, relaxing their branches after dawn and perking them up before sunrise.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Sunscreen SPF is a very nonlinear metric. An SPF of 15 blocks 93% of incoming radiation, SPF 30 blocks 97% and SPF 50 blocks 98%.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It's illegal to own 6 or more dildos in Texas.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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By the age of 20, a native English-speaking American knows 42,000 dictionary words.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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