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Due to its isolation from the European mainland, Ireland lacks several species common elsewhere in Europe, such as moles, weasels, polecats or roe deer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Although some individual zebras have been domesticated, most cannot. They are unpredictable and known to attack people.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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U.S. troops in Vietnam employed over 5,000 'war dogs'.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1833, Britain used 40% of its national budget to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Writer Agatha Christie was a keen surfer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A cat nicknamed "Unsinkable Sam" survived the sinking of three separate ships during WW2.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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September 3, 1967, was "Dagen H" day in Sweden: traffic switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1930, Albert Einstein patented a fridge. It was not a commercial success.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Mark Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet and died the day after the comet returned.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Around 5,000 people attempted to escape over the Berlin Wall, with an estimated death toll ranging from 136 to more than 200.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2004, gay rights activists in Australia started a micronation in the Great Barrier Reef called the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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1 in 5 employees would sell their work passwords for money, a survey found.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Male giraffes determine if a female is fertile by tasting their urine.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba in almost a century.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Mexico City is the Most Traffic-Congested City in the World.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Alien hand syndrome is a disorder that causes one's hand to move without being aware or having control over it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After eating "miracle fruit," very sour foods will taste sweet for one or two hours.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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One gram of your DNA could store all of Facebook and Google's data.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Earth has lost a third of itsarable land in past 40 years.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A beach was stolen from Jamaica in 2008. The 500 truckloads of sand are still missing to this day.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Temperatures in Venus can reach a 870 degrees Fahrenheit (470 degrees Celsius).♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2013, a man from Wales threw away a hard drive with US$7.5 million worth of bitcoin on it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After the American Civil War, one third to one half of the currency was counterfeit.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Hawaii, Vermont, Alaska, and Maine have all banned billboards.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status not because it was too small, but because it's not unique among a mass of objects that orbit the sun beyond Neptune.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The last German WW2 POWs weren't released from the Soviet Union until 1956.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Since 1981, Mexico does not extradite to countries that are seeking the death penalty, and has successfully defended 400 of its citizens charged with a capital offence in the U.S.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Enya, one of the world's best-selling artists, sold over 100 million albums, but had never went on tour.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Guy Fawkes is the reason guys are called "guys".♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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For the first time since 1974, nobody climbed to the top of Mount Everest in 2015.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
