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100,000 Japanese disappear without trace every year, many to save their honour after a divorce, job loss, failing an exam or debt.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Osama Bin Laden inherited at least US$25 million after his father's death.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It's scientific fact that chicken noodle soup helps relieve symptoms of the common cold.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A theist is someone who is addicted to tea.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Sharks have rush hour too: a study found that shark traffic on major routes around Palmyra Atoll peaked between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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To be legal, prop money for films in the U.S. must be one-sided and less than 75% or more than 150% of the size of a real banknote.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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John Lennon started his singing career as a choir boy at St. Peter's church.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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3623 Chaplin is an asteroid named in honour of Charlie Chaplin.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Half of academic papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, peer reviewers, and journal editors.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Mick Jagger was a porter at a mental hospital before being famous.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Dolphins tenderise octopuses by bashing them around before eating them.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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By the end of 2018, McDonald's had restaurants in 120 countries.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The British Library keeps its collection of over 60 million newspapers in an airtight room with low oxygen so they can't catch fire.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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"All Quiet on the Western Front" was banned in Poland for being pro-German and in Germany for being anti-German.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Japanese embassy in France has a 24-hour helpline for their citizens who didn't find Paris as expected.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Matt Groening designed The Simpson family to be immediately identifiable in silhouette, hence their distinctive hairstyles and head-shapes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Michael Phelps' training breakfast consisted of an omelette, porridge, three slices of French toast, three egg sandwiches and three pancakes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The longest known lightning bolt could have reached from Brussels to London.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Russia has 800,000 faith healers but only 640,000 doctors.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The only woman in Einstein's physics class at Zürich Polytechnic married him.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Kanye West worked at the Gap before being famous.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It takes 18 people 900 hours to put out the red carpet for the Oscars.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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More species have been named after Barack Obama than any other U.S. president.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Estonian army travels with pop-up saunas.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Before he made it big in Hollywood, Johnny Depp was a telemarketer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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On a 1995 visit to Washington D.C., Russian President Boris Yeltsin was found on Pennsylvania Avenue, drunk, in his underwear, trying to hail a cab to get a pizza.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1913, the roulette wheel in Monte Carlo came up black 26 times in a row.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Gamblers in Japan are only allowed to bet on horse, boat or cycle races.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Abu Dhabi has a beauty contest for camels.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2017, British doctors found 27 lost contact lenses in a patient's eye.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
