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In 1939, Adolf Hitler's nephew wrote an article called "Why I Hate My Uncle."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In China, some families pay for "ghost marriages," employing a matchmaker to help find a suitable spouse for their deceased loved ones.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The BBC can't run ads. It is financed instead by a TV licence fee paid by households.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A single company, Luxottica, controls 80% of all glasses and sunglasses brands in the world, including Rayban, Oakley, Prada, Chanel and Versace.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Air-conditioning in casinos is oxygen enriched to help players stay alert and gamble longer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Lady Gaga has won 12 separate Guinness World Records including, "Most Product Placement in a Video."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Jackie Chan was scheduled to be on top of the WTC on the morning of 9/11 for a movie, but the screenwriter failed to deliver the script on time.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The world's lightest metal was created by Boeing. It's called Microlattice and is 99.99% air.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Library of Congress is the largest in the world, with more than 162 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Google's Artificial-Intelligence Bot says the purpose of living is 'to live forever'♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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"Goodbye" is a contraction of "God be with ye."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soccer player Ronaldinho came to media attention at 13 years old when his team won 23-0. He'd scored all 23 goals.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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NASA astronauts can vote from space.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1960, 59% of American adults aged 18-29 were married. Today, only 20% are married.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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September 16 is the most common birthday in the U.S.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for US$50 million in 2000 but turned it down to go into business with Enron.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A person from Las Vegas is called a "Las Vegan".♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It is illegal to distribute "revenge porn" (video or photos of your ex) in California since 2016.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Monkeys floss their teeth.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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William Shakespeare's six surviving signatures have different spellings, including "Shakspere", "Shaksper" and "Shakspeare.". The right spelling has been in dispute for centuries.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Over the past two centuries, every year has added 3 months to average life expectancy.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2015, a Michigan doctor was sentenced to 45 years in prison for giving chemotherapy to patients who didn't actually have cancer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Every ten minutes, someone is murdered in Brazil.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When Pablo Escobar's daughter wanted a unicorn, he bought her a horse and stapled a cone to its head and wings to its back. The horse died from infection.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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No more than 40 people live 800 feet (243 m) above the ground of New York City. It's an exclusive privilege for the super rich.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Only 4 modern countries were never colonized by Europe: Japan, Korea, Thailand and Liberia.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A study found having a teacher who believes climate change is real is a strong positive predictor of students' belief in global warming.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Google's internet services run on 2 billion lines of code. That's 5000 times as many lines as the original Space Shuttle.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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By the time "The Oprah Winfrey Show" made its national debut, Oprah was already an Oscar nominee for her role in "The Color Purple."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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People who cannot afford to live in a house in Hong Kong and Japan take advantage of McDonalds' "doors are always open" policy and live in their restaurants. They are known as "McRefugees."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
