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In 2012, divers discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck that was so well preserved even the food was intact in its storage jars.

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The estimated value of the cash, bonds and jewellery carried by The Titanic's passengers was US$6,000,000.

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s last public speech foretold his death.

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The 2011 earthquake near Japan increased the Earth's rotation speed, shortening the day by 1.8 microseconds.

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Leonardo Da Vinci was a prankster: he would put fake wings and horns on lizards to scare people in the Vatican.

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A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

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The dot over the letters i and j is called a "tittle."

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When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it only had about 25 seconds of fuel left.

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The CIA had a secret office on the 25th floor of 7 World Trade Center, another nearby building that collapsed after the 9/11 attacks.

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During the Black Death, incoming ships were forced to wait for 40 days to prevent possible infection. The Italian word for 40, "quaranta", is where we get the word "quarantine".

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During WW2, Canada gave out buttons to people who tried to enlist but were refused due to medical reasons to show their willingness to fight.

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Bald Eagles can swim and have a butterfly-like stroke.

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Breast cancer is one of the most survivable types of cancers over a five year period.

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Anne Frank was posthumously baptized "by proxy" into Mormonism at least 9 times.

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China has mobile "execution vans" to enforce the death penalty without moving to a proper execution ground.

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California is the world's 5th largest supplier of food.

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Beans increase flatulence because they carry a type of sugar called "oligosaccharides", which are hard for bacteria to break down, so they release gas in the process.

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Playing dead will help you survive a shark attack, MythBusters confirmed.

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Dr. Ruth, the famous sex therapist, was once a sniper in the Israeli army.

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Martin Luther King Jr. is a Grammy Award winner for Best Spoken Word Album.

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Mr. T's gold collection is worth over US$120,000.

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It is possible to set up a holiday meal inside a car's engine compartment and drive long enough to fully cook all of the food.

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Sugary drinks kill more people than violent crime in Mexico.

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Whale Fossils

have been found

on top of the

Andes mountains.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed 29 times.

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The President of Ecuador offered to let the U.S. keep an airbase in his country, but only if Ecuador could have a base in Miami.

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If you shout or make a sound that's 1,100 dB strong, it will create a black hole that would destroy our galaxy.

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Over 20% of the U.S. population still believe that vaccines cause autism.

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During WW2, Japanese war criminal Tojo Hideki attempted suicide after the surrender. He was saved and resuscitated by Allied forces, who then hanged him.

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Greece has been in a state of default for half its modern history as a sovereign state.

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