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For the release of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," over 9,000 FedEx trucks were used with no other purpose than to deliver the book.

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Only one word in all of English has an X, Y, and Z in order: "Hydroxyzine."

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Martin Luther King Jr. had Irish ancestry through his paternal great-grandfather.

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Barack Obama was the first president who mentioned gay rights or the word "gay" in an inaugural address.

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Penguins don't have teeth. Instead, they have backward-facing fleshy spines that line the inside of their mouths.

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The Longest Tunnel in the World is 57 km long and goes from Switzerland to Italy underneath Alps. It took 17 Years to Build.

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"Dreamt" and its derivatives are the only common English words that end in "mt."

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During the American Civil War, visiting prostitutes was called enjoying "horizontal refreshments."

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If your TV is smaller than 75 inches and you normally sit 10 feet away, 4K resolution is useless.

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Without its smell, coffee would have only a sour or bitter taste due to the organic acids. Try it: hold your nose as you take a sip.

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The name Fez from "That 70s Show" was actually an acronym for "Foreign Exchange Student."

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During WW2, the Japanese slaughtered as many as 30 million Filipinos, Malays, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Indonesians and Burmese.

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Modern versions of enslavement are estimated to trap about 45 million people worldwide.

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The village of Shani Shingnapur, India, had no doors, locks or crime for over 400 years until 2010.

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Oysters create pearls as a defense mechanism.

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Elementary school students in Virginia built a satellite that was later deployed into space by NASA in 2016.

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Injecting gold into the body can help fight cancer.

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Researchers found that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-expression flow.

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When Eminem was in rehab, Elton John would call him weekly to check up on him.

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Groucho Marx last words were "Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!"

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Xanthophobia
is the fear of the colour yellow.

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From 2020, all scientific publications on the results of publicly funded research in the European Union will be freely available.

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During WW2, the Japanese killed more Chinese than the Nazis killed Jews.

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In Ancient Greece, a crucial part of a wealthy teenager's education was a mentorship with an elder, which in a few places and times may have included pederastic love.

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It takes a single one-page form and about 4 minutes to apply to become an official presidential candidate in the U.S.

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Scatomancy is the act of telling the future through someone's poop. It was popular in ancient Egypt.

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The poorest 5% of people in the U.S. are still

richer than 68% of the world's inhabitants.

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A couple from Paraguay moved in together in 1933. After 80 years, 8 children and 50 grandchildren, the 103-year-old man married his 99-year-old bride.

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Disconnecting people from the Internet is a human rights violation according to the United Nations.

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President Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest during a campaign stop and he still finished his speech with a bullet lodged in him.

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