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Alex, an African grey parrot, was the first and only non-human animal to ask an existential question: he asked what color he was.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Christmas ham, originally a pagan tradition, was endorsed by the Catholic Church as a test of truthful conversion from Judaism.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The last surviving WW1 Veteran was a woman. She was a waitress at an air base.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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People with autism are less likely to catch yawns. The more severe their condition, the less common the behavior gets.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The largest known black hole has a diameter of 1 trillion KM, more than 190 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Al-Qaeda initially considered targeting nuclear power plants on 9/11 but decided against it, fearing things could "get out of control."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The average woman in New York spends 19 minutes primping and 7 minutes deciding what to wear each day.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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New Zealand bans all advertising on TV on Christmas, Easter, Good Friday and ANZAC Day.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Many ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were overweight and unhealthy, in contrast to their typical depiction, due to a sugary diet of alcohol, bread and honey.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There's a moon named Cupid that orbits Uranus.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There is a pilgrimage site in Sri Lanka that is holy to four religions for a "sacred footprint": Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After Michael Jordan scored a game-high 69 points, teammate Stacey King quipped "I'll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soccer fans in Italy are called "tifosi", meaning "carriers of typhus", because their fanatism is like a fever.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old sword as a symbol of regret.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Canada has fewer people than Tokyo's metropolitan area.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In August 2001, actor James Woods reported 4 suspicious individuals on his flight. Authorities did not act on his claim and they later turned out to be the 9/11 hijackers.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2011, a small town in Spain, on the brink of financial ruin, bet on the world's biggest lottery and won.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Albert Einstein denounced segregation, calling it a "disease of white people" and worked against racism in America.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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More people live in caves today than during the Stone Age.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Cats can swallow and digest their food without chewing it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The average 3-hour baseball game contains only 18 minutes of game action.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2003, Leonardo Da Vinci's machines were built and tested according to his original designs for a documentary. Some were successful and others proved to be impractical.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Golden Gate uses the largest bridge cables ever made, long enough to encircle the world more than 3 times at the equator.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Pope Francis said he has not watched television since July 15, 1990.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Germany and Japan have the lowest birth rate in the world.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It would take a snail nearly 4,575 years to circle Earth .♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A group of zebras is called a "dazzle".♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When Germany won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it was the first time as a united country. The three previous times, the soccer World Cup was won by West Germany.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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James Cameron sought Hollywood funding for the movie "Titanic" not because he wanted to make the movie, but because he wanted to dive to the shipwreck.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
