1. A finnish soldier fought for Finland, the Nazis, and the US Army Special Forces. He escaped a POW camp, earned a Bronze Star, Five Purple Hearts and disappeared in Vietnam in 1965.
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  2. There are 500 identified plant species depicted in the painting "Primavera" by Boticelli.
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  3. Albert Einstein was among the 5,000+ people who signed a petition to overturn Germany's ban on Homosexuality.
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  4. "Otherkin" are people who identify as mythical creatures instead of humans.
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  5. In 2015, a man dressed up as an armored truck driver and tricked Walmart into giving him US$75,000.
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  6. After being shot, U.S. President James Garfield was fed through his rectal cavity by his doctors.
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  7. J.D. Salinger started writing "The Catcher in the Rye" after a stint in a mental hospital.
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  8. The line "ass so fat" is used in over 140 rap songs.
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  9. Jean-Claude Van Damme was once a starving homeless on the streets of Los Angeles.
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  10. The flame-shooting guitar in the movie "Mad Max: Fury Road" weighed 132 pounds and shot real flames.
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  11. The stickers on fruit are edible.
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  12. Sunshine acts like an addictive drug and has a similar effect on the body as heroin, scientists claim.
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  13. Elon Musk didn't like his kids' school, so he just opened his own.
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  14. The french word "avocat" means
    both "lawyer" and "avocado."
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  15. Theophilus Van Kannel invented revolving doors because he hated opening doors for women.
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  16. Snapchat provokes more jealousy in relationships than Facebook, a study found.
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  17. Death row inmates in Texas don't get to pick their last meal.
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  18. The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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  19. LG stands for "Lucky Goldstar," its previous name.
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  20. In 2015, Google dropped their old motto "Don't Be Evil."
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  21. Jonah Hill snorted so much fake cocaine while filming "The Wolf of Wall Street" that he got bronchitis.
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  22. In 1990, Stephen Hawking dropped his wife of almost 30 years --who was having an affair-- and took off with his nurse.
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  23. The average American teen spends 9 hours a day consuming media.
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  24. Kissing a baby on the ear can make it go deaf because of a condition known as "cochlear ear-kiss injury."
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  25. The Nazis placed a US$5,000 bounty on Einstein's head.
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  26. The grave of Karl Marx, advocate of abolishing private property, has an entry fee.
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  27. In 2005, a woman falsely claimed she found a finger in her food at Wendy's. The fast food chain suffered an estimated US$21 million in lost business.
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  28. Some prisoners in China were reportedly forced to play World of Warcraft and other games to gather virtual currency for Prison bosses.
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  29. The Great Pyramid of Giza has 8 sides, not 4.
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  30. Actor John Hurt holds the record for dying in more than 40 different movies including Alien, Spaceballs, Hellboy and V for Vendetta.
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