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The average incomes of British pensioners are higher than those of working-age Britons.

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The female market squid sometimes display fake testicles to avoid the advances of males.

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After the invention of the bicycle, the average distance between birthplaces of spouses in England increased from one mile to 30 miles.

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A bank robbery has to take place during office hours, otherwise it is recorded as a burglary.

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In 2011, United States business entities incurred $29 billion in direct costs because of patent trolls.

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Ashton Kutcher is the co-founder of Thorn, an international anti-human trafficking organization that works to address the sexual exploitation of children using software technology.

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Saudi Arabia has been ruled by the same family for longer than the United States has been a country.

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The most disproportionately common physical injury diagnosis in California is "Motor vehicle accident."

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The most disproportionately common physical injury

diagnosis in Texas is "insect bite."

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Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo gave his agent a Greek island as a wedding present.

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Leonardo DiCaprio improvised the line "I'm the king of the world!" in the film "Titanic."

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46% of couples engage in "Netflix cheating," watching Netflix shows without their partner, even when they've agreed to watch it together.

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Up to one in four cowboys in the Old West were African-American.

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In Finland, people call their country Suomi.

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Google's Android logo derives from the Atari Game called "Gauntlet: The Third Encounter".

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There are more spanish-speaking people in Los Angeles than english-speaking.

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Some firefighters in the U.S. are trained on how to treat aliens in case of a UFO crash or invasion.

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The reason the Pentagon is not a high-rise is because of the steel shortage during WW2.

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Napoleon named the Louvre after himself during his reign of France and housed his plunder of Europe.

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Nostradamus tried to study medicine twice and was expelled from both Universities.

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Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world.

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Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin were good friends.

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Buzz Aldrin's first words on the Moon were "Beautiful view."

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Prisoners who maintain a positive relationship with their children are 6 times less likely to reoffend.

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In 1798, Napoleon invaded Rome, arrested Pope Pius VI, and imprisoned him in France where he died a year later.

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9% of Americans have used their phones during sex and 12% in the shower.

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Charles Darwin married his first cousin and had 10 children. 3 died as infants and 3 were infertile. He was the first to raise the question if incest may cause weaknesses in offspring after studying inbred plants in his garden.

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170 Swiss troops accidentally invaded Liechtenstein in 2007 after getting lost during a training exercise.

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder often co-exists with depression or anxiety, which is typically the only reason a narcissist tries therapy.

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Infamous crime boss Al Capone played music and wrote a love song while he was in Alcatraz.

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