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There are more than 5,000 people who are eligible to succeed the British throne.

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1 in 3 Jews in the U.S. put up a Christmas tree in their home during the holiday season, a survey found.

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Pizza Hut uses more than 300 million pounds of cheese each year, which requires a herd of about 170,000 dairy cows.

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It's estimated that the Allied troops brought home 1.5 million cases of syphilis and gonorrhea from World War I.

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Gandhi married at age 13.

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Many species of penguins gift mates with rocks.

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Nicole Barr, a 12-year-old from Essex in England, scored a 162 on her Mensa IQ test in 2016. That's 2 points higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

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In 2004, Los Angeles planted a pine tree in memory of Beatle, George Harrison. Ten years later, it died of a beetle infestation.

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The first plastic Christmas trees were produced by a toilet brush manufacturer. They used the same bristles, they just dyed them green.

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In Coober Pedy, Australia, over half of the population lives in caves carved underground to stay away from the heat.

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The highest-value notes issued by the Bank of England are Giants (£1 million) and Titans (£100 million).

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There is no such thing as a vegetarian snake. Snakes eat nothing except other animals.

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Lamas in ancient Tibet were boiled in butter before being embalmed.

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U.S. presidents earn less salary now than any time in American history, at just US$400k per year.

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All Las Vegas city facilities ―from government buildings to streetlights― run entirely on renewable energy.

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In Norway, no one can disguise their earnings, as every citizen's tax returns are made available for everyone else in the country to inspect.

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The average Briton has 174,000 sixth cousins, enough to fill Wembley stadium twice over.

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More people die in car crashes each year in the U.S. than in other high-income countries.

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The bigger an animal's brain, the longer it will yawn.

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Every week, London Underground escalators travel the equivalent of twice around the world.

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In Spain, Belgium, Portugal and France everyone is automatically an organ donor, unless they refuse beforehand.

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Nikola Tesla could not stand the sight of pearls, to the extent that he refused to speak to women wearing them.

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The Swiss Deaf Association chose "Donald Trump" as their 2016 sign of the year.

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Anti-venom for poisonous bites in U.S. hospitals can cost tens of thousands of dollars while the same drug in Mexico costs hundreds of dollars.

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Some of the gifts the U.S President has received from foreign countries over the years includes 300 pounds of raw lamb, a puppy, 2 pandas, and a copy of the Witcher 2.

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Amish religious customs forbid mustaches because of their association with the military.

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The co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous believed LSD could be used to cure alcoholics and claimed it cured his depression.

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Morgan Freeman is a trained ballet dancer.

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When Mao Zedong visited the U.S.S.R. in 1949, Stalin had special toilets installed in order to secretly collect and analyze Mao's poop.