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The chinese Giant Salamander can grow to be 6 feet (1.8 m) long, making it the largest amphibian in the world.

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Between 1990 and 2005, a new prison opened in the U.S. every 10 days.

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Alexander the Great once held a drinking contest among his soldiers. When it was over, 42 people had died from alcohol poisoning.

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It is estimated that only 2% of all humans have green eyes, making it the rarest eye colour.

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania,

was the U.S. Capital

for just 1 day

September 27, 1777.

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In 1999, the U.S. government paid the Zapruder family US$16 million for the film of JFK's assassination.

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The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous demanded alcohol during the last few days of his life.

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New Mexico State's first graduating class in 1893 had only one student —and he was shot and killed before graduation.

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Several hundred people in the U.S. die every year from liver failure after Tylenol (acetaminophen) overdose.

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There are more than 1,200 water parks in North America.

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The term "astronaut" comes from greek words that mean "star" and "sailor."

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A 2009 search for the Loch Ness Monster came up empty. Scientists did find over 100,000 golf balls.

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If your dog's feet smell like corn chips, you're not alone. The term "Frito Feet" was coined to describe the scent.

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The verb "unfriend" dates back to 1659. It existed even earlier as a noun, as far back as 1275.

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The highest wave ever surfed reached a height of 24.3m (80ft).

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The world's largest swimming pool is in Chile. It's 1,013 m (3,323 ft) long and contains some 250 million litres (66 million US gallons) of seawater.

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The Nile Crocodile can hold its breath underwater for up to 2 hours while waiting for prey.

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In 1986, Apple launched a clothing line.

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Nutella was invented during WW2, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his cocoa supply.

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When three-letter airport codes became standard, many airports that had been using two letters simply added an "X".

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Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work, claiming they "felt gay".

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In 1967, the Nigerian Civil War ground to a halt for two days because both sides wanted to watch soccer player Pele in an exhibition match.

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When scientist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg brewery gave him a perpetual supply of beer piped into his house.

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German chocolate cake isn't German. It's named for Sam German, an American baker.

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In the 1960s, the FBI spent 2.5 years analyzing the song "Louie Louie" to to determine if it had obscene lyrics.

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Spiders, lobsters and snails have blue blood due to the presence of hemocyanin which contains copper.

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Every piece of plastic ever made still exists.

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Mark Twain called The Book of Mormon "Chloroform in Print".

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The homicide rate in the Middle Ages was 35 times greater than it is today.

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Viruses are not alive: They do not have cells, they cannot turn food into energy, and without a host they are just inert packets of chemicals.

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