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In Bhutan, there were no public hospitals or schools until the 1950s, and no paper currency, no roads or electricity until several years after that.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Pretty Boy Floyd, a bank robber in the 1920s, would destroy mortgage documents during robberies, which freed many citizens of their debts.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Nepal was the first country in Asia to introduce gay marriage. It has also outlawed the death penalty.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Americans spend 30% less on Father's Day gifts than on Mother's Day gifts.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The inventor of the heart stent approached numerous companies for funding and was rejected. It was funded by the owner of Fuddrucker's restaurant, whom he met by chance on a golf course.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The chances of us eating even one spider in our sleep throughout our lifetime is close to 0%.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The stunt doubles for Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in the movie "Mad Max: Fury Road" fell in love on set and got married.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When Apple began designating employee numbers, Steve Jobs was offended that Wozniak received #1 while he got #2. He believed he should be second to no one, so he took #0 instead.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A month before 9/11, President George W. Bush was handed a memo titled: "Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US" saying it would be by hijacking planes, possibly targeting NYC.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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40% of Americans think that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Absolut Vodka used to belong to Sweden's government, until they sold it in 2008 for US$8.3 Billion to Pernod Ricard.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Mars has a flag. It was designed by a NASA engineer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In Halden, a high-security prison in Norway, every cell has a flatscreen TV, an en-suite shower and fluffy, white towels.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Unspayed females dogs only go into heat twice a year.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1996, a man broke into a radio station in New Zealand, held the manager hostage, and demanded the station to play "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the frog.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A man revived 5 rivers and brought water back to 1000 villages in India using native water-preservation techniques.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There's a bar in Ireland that opened in the year 900 A.D. and is still operational. It's called "Sean's Bar".♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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You are required to show up to vote in Australia. If you don't, you'll face a fine.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Famous science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov died as the result of an HIV infection from a blood transfusion given during triple-bypass heart surgery.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Even though the Hindenburg was inflated with 7 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen gas, it had a smoking room.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Japanese authorities constructed a fence around a volcano at Mount Mihara to stop a trend of over 2000 people committing suicide by jumping in.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There is a species of fungus called "Chorioactis" that only exists in Texas and rural Japan, and is thought to have been in both places for 19 million years.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Pyramids of Giza were more ancient to the ancient Romans, than Ancient Rome is ancient to us.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The first thing ever bought and sold across the Internet was a bag of marijuana around 1971.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The SS officer who captured Anne Frank and her family became a member of West Germany's intelligence service after WW2. He bought Anne Frank's book to see if he was mentioned.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After WW2, a group of Jewish "Avengers" formulated a Holocaust revenge plan to kill 6 million Germans by poisoning the water supply of many German cities. However, it was foiled by British police while the poison was in transit.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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At the center of every raindrop is an impurity such as dust, clay or soot. It is almost impossible for raindrops to form from pure water.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The UK and Portugal hold the longest standing alliance in the world that is still in force. It was ratified in 1386.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Abraham Lincoln was estranged from his father and didn't attend his funeral.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2012, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez rewarded his 3,000,000th Twitter follower, a 19-year old girl, with a new home.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
