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The last movie rented from Blockbuster before it closed its doors nationwide was ironically called "This is the End."

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Actor Robin Williams great-great-grandfather was the governor of Mississippi from 1896 to 1900.

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Washing dishes by hand use almost 7 times the amount of water as a modern dishwasher.

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The main camp of Auschwitz was like a small town, with its own staff canteen, cinema, theatre and grocery store.

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Moondust smells like gunpowder, according to astronauts.

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Camels are believed to have been originated in the present day United States and only later spread to Asia and North Africa.

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Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Octavian, all made pilgrimages to Alexander the Great's tomb in Alexandria.

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Hundreds of prisoners were left to die in their cells during Hurricane Katrina as officials abandoned Orleans Parish Prison.

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Thanks to his Internet popularity, the child from the "Success Kid" meme made enough money to fund his dad's kidney transplant.

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Hours after the start of the Iraq War, Saddam Hussein ordered his sons to steal nearly US$1 billion cash from the country's central bank.

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During the American Civil War, Generals were 50% more likely to die in combat than Privates.

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Margaret Thatcher was reportedly more proud of becoming the first Prime Minister with a science degree than the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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The largest county in the U.S., located in Alaska, is roughly the size of Germany.

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The poverty line in America was designed assuming every family had a housewife who was a skillful cook.

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One share of Coca-Cola stock purchased in 1919 for US$40 would be worth US$9.8 million today.

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The man who ordered the grounding of all aircraft in the U.S. on 9/11 was on his first day on the job.

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Sean Penn once tied Madonna to a chair and beat her. After 9 hours she escaped and made it to a police station.

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The area surrounding Cape Canaveral was given the area code 321, like a launch countdown, after someone discovered it was not in use.

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Bananas have more trade regulations than AK-47s.

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A group of otters

is called

"romp."

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Pandas have one of the highest bite forces of any carnivore.

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47%

of the U.S. remains unoccupied, despite having a population of 310 million.

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The longest plank ever was held for 8 hours and 1 minute.

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During WW2, a Dutch warship was disguised as a tropical island to escape detection by the Japanese. It was the only ship of its class to survive.

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Otto Frank was given Anne Frank's diary by Miep Gies, one of the dutch citizens who helped hide the Franks.

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Your lungs

can hold up to

5 minutes

worth of oxygen.

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The name for "Hannah Montana" was originally intended to be "Alexis Texas."

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Mathematician Paul Erdos could calculate in his head, given a person's age, how many seconds they had lived, when he was just 4 years old.

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Airplane tray tables hold more bacteria than most typical household items, a study found.

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The flag erected on the Moon during the historic Apollo 11 landing was purchased at a local Sears store for US$5.50.

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