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The Gombe Chimpanzee War was a four-year violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, in Tanzania.

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In 2017, Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar.

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The average height of Japanese men between 1602 and 1867 is estimated at only 5 feet 1 inch (1.54 m).

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Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and Steve Wozniak have all signed an open letter for a ban on Artificially Intelligent weapons.

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Scientists detected an atomic nucleus traveling at 99.9999999999999% of the speed of light, with energy 20 quintillion times that of visible light. It was appropriately named the "Oh-My-God Particle."

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Kids in the UK spend less time outside than prison inmates.

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The iron in our blood and the calcium in our bones come from ancient explosions of giant stars.

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Around 200 BCE, the Western Han Dynasty used a lottery to pay for repairs to and expansion of the Great Wall.

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A naked mole rat's four front teeth are located outside its mouth, and their lips are sealed just behind the teeth, preventing soil from filling its mouth while he is digging.

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Louis X of France died after a particularly exhausting game of tennis. He drank a large quantity of cooled wine and subsequently died of either pneumonia or pleurisy.

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When Albert Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity, the New York Times sent their golfing correspondent to interview him.

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The Beatles album, "Revolver", was almost named "After Geography" (credits to Ringo), to contrast with the Rolling Stones album, "Aftermath."

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Parking in San Francisco is so scarce that the parking spot attached to your property can add up to $100,000 to the property's value.

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The unemployment rate in Denmark is currently so low (4.3%) that Danish companies are desperate to find skilled laborers to hire.

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Male wolf spiders will engage in threesomes during mating season to increase their chances of escaping cannibalism.

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There has never been reported death linked to overdosing on marijuana.

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Beer and vaginas have almost the same acidity levels, with an average pH of 4.5.

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International flights carrying the Pope use the callsign "Shepherd One."

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Morgan Freeman is against Black History Month because "Black history is American history."

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Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's were both founded by the same man, Nolan Bushnell.

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Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii, while her Australian parents were temporarily in the U.S. on educational visas. She was given the Hawaiian name "Hokulani" meaning "Heavenly Star."

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There's a hotel in Japan staffed by robots. The check-in desk is an animatronic velociraptor.

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Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It" caused a speaker to catch on fire during its recording.

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The word "cleavage" comes from geology. It refers to a separation between rocks or crystals. American movie censors adopted the term as a euphemism in 1940s.

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The word "quickie", which has sexual connotations today, began as a 1920s term for a film produced over the course of a mere two weeks.

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According to a study, each kid in a woman's household increases her risk of getting insufficient sleep by 46 percent.

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You can "rent a Jew" in Germany to socialize with them and break down prejudices in the process.

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Keanu Reeves turned down a $10 million offer for the main role in Speed 2, in favor of touring with his band and playing Hamlet in a theater production.

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In 2017, Damien Chazelle, the director of "La La Land," became the youngest-ever winner of the best director Oscar at 32 years old.

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“Moonlight” was made for only $1.5 million. There hasn't been a Best Picture winner with a budget that low since “Rocky.”

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