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Central Park costs about as much money as the entire state of Alaska.

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The winner of the 2015 French-language Scrabble World Championships doesn't speak French.

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During the World War I, the British Army attempted to train seagulls to poo on the periscopes of enemy submarines.

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Michael Jackson's autopsy report confirmed he was bald and wore wigs to conceal it.

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When it Comes to Coughs, Chocolate Is More Effective than Codeine.

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Stephen Hawking's son once added swear words to his dad's voice synthesizer as a prank.

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Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash once caught David Bowie naked with his mother.

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John Bonham, the drummer of the band Led Zeppelin, died from drinking the equivalent of 40 shots of vodka in one day.

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The average American lives 18 miles from their mom, according to a study.

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The U.S. has more people of Norwegian descent than Norway.

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Americans spend more money on pets yearly than Germany spends on its entire defense budget.

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Many nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to collect residents with dementia who try to leave.

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The flag of Nepal is so complicated that the country's constitution includes 24-step instructions on how to create it.

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YouTube has a production space in Los Angeles that is free to use if you have 10,000 subscribers.

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60% of the Fat and 31% of the calories in Burger King's Chicken Sandwich come from the mayonnaise alone.

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By 1850, American slaves were worth US$1.3 billion, one-fifth of the nation's wealth.

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A young Isaac Newton once threatened to burn his mother and stepfather alive.

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In Japan, the leading cause of death for men aged 20 to 44 is suicide.

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Prince Charles has been first in line as heir to the UK's throne for more than 64 years.

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A child that was Bart's age when The Simpson's first premiered would now be the same age as Homer.

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The average prisoner in the U.S. is visited only twice during their entire incarceration.

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Because of the Chernobyl disaster, radioactive wild boars are currently roaming around Germany.

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Peanut Butter was invented as a source of protein for people with no teeth.

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Automatic knives, such as switchblades, are illegal to own in Michigan, except for one-armed people.

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Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack are widely credited with helping end segregation in Las Vegas, by refusing to perform in venues that wouldn't allow blacks.

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There's a hotline filmmakers can call for science advice with the goal of helping filmmakers incorporate accurate science into their films .

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"Ukraine" roughly means "Borderlands" and was referred to as "the Ukraine" during Soviet times.

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Despite smoking in numerous films, Clint Eastwood has never smoked habitually.

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If you take caffeine and mix it with sperm in a test tube, it makes the sperm swim better.