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Dogs can tell when people are untrustworthy and will stop listening to a person if they prove unreliable.

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The U.S. spends US$500 million annually on military marching bands. That's more than Ethiopia's total military expenditure in 2015.

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Esperanto is an international second language invented in the 19th century and spoken by 2 million people today. It was designed to have a perfectly regular grammar.

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The use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas resulted in more than 1.3 million casualties during WW1.

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Aztecs raised Chihuahuas in order to eat them.

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The Pentagon runs a staggering 234 golf courses around the world.

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At YouTube's headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or a big slide.

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Dogs can tell the difference between happy and angry human faces.

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Those who don't eat breakfast have a 21% higher risk of developing diabetes than those who do.

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Google handles over 2 trillion searches per year. That's about 270 searches per person on Earth.

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When female servers draw a happy face on the bill, their tips increase by 20%.

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By law, only dead people can appear on U.S. currency.

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The total amount of money owed by every single person and country in the world is US$199 trillion, but the world has only US$80.9 trillion in cash and bank deposits.

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Flight attendant Vesna Vulovic fell 33,333 ft (10,160 m) from an airplane that had broken up mid flight and survived, a world record for the highest fall without a parachute.

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Ontario, Canada, has more than 250,000 lakes. They contain about 1/5 of the world's fresh water.

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Astronauts often lose their fingernails after conducting spacewalks.

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Manhole covers are round so that they don't fall into the opening.

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Bill Gates once said that he always gives the laziest people the hardest jobs, because they'll find the easiest way to do it.

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Since 2011, there have been at least 4 incidents of people cooking meth inside of a Walmart.

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The earliest known intelligible recording of a human voice was made in 1860.

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30% of adult women surveyed reported they had some pain the last time they had sex.

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4 billion years ago, Mars had an ocean covering 19% of the planet's surface.

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Researchers place humanity's risk of extinction before the year 2100 at 19%.

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A survey revealed that 52% of women say their husband is not their soulmate.

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Cockroaches have distinct personalities, a study found.

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Over 80% of Australian adults engage in gambling of some kind, which is the highest rate of gambling in the world.

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Daylight Saving Time costs the U.S. an estimated US$434 million in lost productivity and decreased health.

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Jimi Hendrix was the highest-paid performer at Woodstock, making US$18,000 at the festival. That's US$114,624 today.

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In Japan, homosexual relations among Buddhist samurai and clergy were actually quite common.

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China's "SkyCity", planned in 2013 to be the tallest building in the world with a record-breaking construction time of just 90 days, is now a massive fish pond.

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