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After his presidency, George Washington became a whiskey tycoon and owned the largest distillery in the U.S.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE -
Whales walked on land about 47 million years ago.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Nasa veteran Peggy Whitson became the oldest woman in space at age 56 in 2016.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The world's busiest air route is between Seoul and Jeju Island.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2007, a man named Jeremy Harper counted to one million. He did not leave his apartment or shave until he finished, and it was all broadcast live on a webcam. It took him 3 months.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Walls of Benin City were the world's largest man-made earth structure, four times longer than the Great Wall of China. They were ravaged by the British in 1897.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The astronauts of Apollo 11 couldn't get life insurance, so they signed photos that their families could auction in case the landing failed.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier declared himself an “immaterial being” as well as “the Haitian flag”, and published a catechism in which the Lord's Prayer was reworded to pay tribute to him instead of God.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The "cama" is a hybrid between a camel and a llama. It was produced via artificial insemination in Dubai in 1998.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The band Creed was originally called Naked Toddler.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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While filming "The Passion of the Christ," 2 people were struck by lightning including the actor who played Jesus.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the 1970s, Basil Brown, a healthy food advocate from England, drank himself to death by consuming 10 gallons (38 litres) of carrot juice in 10 days, causing him to overdose on vitamin A.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Activist-artist Raul Lemesoff's "Weapon of Mass Instruction" may seem militant, but the tank-shaped vehicle moving through Argentina is in fact a mobile library.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Nails grow faster in warm weather than they do in cold weather.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Every one of New York City's 279 subway stations has free WiFi.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Our memories can be so easily manipulated that in just 3 hours you can be convinced you committed a crime in your teenage years, a research found.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The average Netflix subscriber spends 1 hour and 33 minutes per day streaming.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Men may feel the effects of a virus more than women because high levels of testosterone can suppress their immune system.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Finland will give $587 to 2,000 jobless citizens each month from January 2017 until 2019 to see if basic income works.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Water tastes stale when left out overnight because it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The rainbow eucalyptus tree, found in New Guinea, Indonesia and Philippines grows to over 200 feet (60 m) tall.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2005, the creator of China's biggest porn website was sentenced to life in prison.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Will Smith doesn't curse in his raps because his grandma once told him not to.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2006, a court in Massachusetts ruled that burritos are not a type of sandwich.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock," is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the character.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Harvard makes so much money from the interest on its endowment that even if the school gave free tuition to all of its students it would still make a profit.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A study of over 11,000 children determined that an overly hygienic environment increases the risk of eczema and asthma.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Until the Renaissance, understanding of human anatomy was based on the dissection of animals, with human autopsies considered an affront in virtually all cultures.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snow White is just 14 years old.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Fecal vomiting exist, and it can even result in death.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
