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There's a hotel in Bolivia made almost entirely of salt, complete with salt beds and chairs.

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Benjamin Franklin had an illegitimate son who remained loyal to the British and fled to London after the war. He stayed there for the rest of his life.

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Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker used to sell both 'I love Elvis' and 'I hate Elvis' badges at his concerts.

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Butterflies can have half male and half female outwardly characteristics. It's a rare condition called gynandromorphy.

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Anyone who wishes to open a new store in France of more than 300 m2 must first gain permission from a government commission that includes other existing retailers.

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The Marshall Islands won't exist

if we warm the planet 2 degrees.

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There is a 180-foot (55-meter) long stuffed pink bunny on top of a hill in Italy.

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Elephants and chimpanzees can display behavior patterns similar to post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

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Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza, met his wife on his first pizza delivery.

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Singer Lady Gaga once bought US$1000 worth of pizza for fans waiting in line for her autograph.

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The "Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge" is offered to anyone who can demonstrate a supernatural ability under agreed-upon scientific testing criteria. In 40 years, no one ever won.

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There are more payday lenders in the U.S. than there are McDonalds.

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Bayer, famous for producing aspirin, bought prisoners from Auschwitz to use as research subjects for testing new drugs.

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The U.S. has more Spanish speakers than Spain.

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Birds "see" the earth's magnetic field as spots in their normal vision.

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There are four times as many abandoned houses as there are homeless people in New York City.

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The animal in the Firefox logo isn't a Fox. It's a Red Panda.

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During WW2, a Japanese Consul saved 6,000 Jews from the Holocaust by writing them all Visas to Japan even after the government told him not to.

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In 1954, a CIA operation overthrew a democratically elected government in Guatemala for the benefit of an American fruit company.

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Japan has over 70 flavors of Fanta including 'The Mystery Fruit', 'Genius Energy' and 'Hip Hop' flavor.

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2200 years ago, Eratosthenes estimated the Earth's circumference using math, without ever leaving Egypt. He was remarkably accurate. Christopher Columbus later studied him.

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All Jewish people who are between 18 and 26 years old are entitled to a free 10-day trip to Israel.

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The eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia is believed to be the reason why the sky is red in Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream", set in Norway.

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The weird offspring of a donkey and a zebra is called a "zonkey."

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Norway had a nationwide "butter crisis" in 2011: a single 250 g (8.8 oz) pack of butter would cost about US$50.

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Without your pinky finger, you would lose about 50% of your hand strength.

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More people still use Windows XP than Mac OS X as of May, 2015.

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11% of people have "1234" as their ATM pin.

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The village of Dull, Scotland, is a "sister community" with the US town of Boring.

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During prohibition, the U.S. Congress had their own bootlegger so senators and congressmen could still drink alcohol.

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