1. British coins come together to make a shield.
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  2. God is never mentioned in the Bible's Book of Esther.
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  3. 98% of Students say they get bored at school, a U.S. survey found.
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  4. The BBC holds regular rehearsals for the Queen's death to make sure staff get it right when the real announcement is made.
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  5. People who procrastinate may be more likely to have insomnia, a study found.
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  6. You can find the shape of every letter of Toyota's name in their logo.
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  7. One of the most prolific serial killers in history with 218 proven victims, Harold Shipman, was a doctor.
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  8. The most searched tutorial on YouTube is "How to Kiss."
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  9. The British monarchy has nominal assets worth about US$34.8 billion. They're among the world's top 20 richest people.
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  10. In 1973, Nixon gave Colombia a lunar rock collected during the Apollo 17 landing. The plaque reads "Presented to the People of the Republic of Columbia."
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  11. Wife beating was not illegal in all U.S. States until 1920.
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  12. Jose Maria Velasco was elected 5 times to be the President of Ecuador and was ousted 4 times.
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  13. 91%
    of Egypt's women aged 15 to 49 have been subjected to genital mutilation, according to the World Health Organization.
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  14. From the Middle Ages up to 1809,
    Finland was part of Sweden.
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  15. Genghis Khan was originally named Temujin which means "blacksmith."
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  16. During Spanish colonial rule,
    Texas was officially known as the
    New Kingdom of the Philippines
    Province of the Texas.
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  17. The English word "Callipygian" means having a beautiful ass.
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  18. Australia has 31% of the world's uranium supply.
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  19. In Vietnam, marriage applicants must acquire a Certificate of Good Mental Health from a doctor before being allowed to marry.
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  20. In 1984, New Zealand's Prime Minister got drunk and decided to spontaneously call a general election. He lost.
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  21. The world is running out of sand. We use 40 billion tons of sand each year.
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  22. Over 95% of supercentenarians (people who live to be 110) are women.
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  23. In 1970, Bill Murray jokingly said to a fellow passenger that he had two bombs in his bag. U.S. marshals searched his luggage and found US$20,000 worth of marijuana. Murray was arrested.
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  24. Shaquille O'Neal has a doctorate in education and wrote his thesis on humour in the workplace.
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  25. In 2013, PayPal accidentally credited US$92 quadrillion to a Pennsylvania man.
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  26. Women who get married after 30 in the U.S. end up making about US$18,000 more than their early-marrying peers.
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  27. Storing all the genetic information on Earth would require 1 sextillion of the world's most powerful supercomputers.
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  28. "Wannabe" by Spice Girls was deemed as the UK's catchiest song after a study found it only takes 2.29 seconds for listeners to recognize it.
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  29. Pigs can often outsmart dogs and are on about the same intellectual level as chimpanzees, a study found.
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  30. Stephen Hawking married the ex-wife of the man who first designed his speech synthesiser.
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