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One of Bolivia's oldest silver mines has claimed the lives of an estimated 8 million people in the past 500 years. It is known as the "Mountain that eats men" and is still mined with pick and shovel today.

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There is a section of the Berlin Wall in the men's bathroom of the Main Street Station casino in Las Vegas.

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Many female black widow spiders eat their males after mating.

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2% of people have armpits that never smell because of an unusual genetic variant.

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In 15 years of conquest, Alexander The Great never lost a battle.

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An 11-year-old girl gave Pluto its name.

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In 1986, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, Africa burped a C02 gas cloud that killed 1,746 people in minutes.

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Zebras are responsible for more injuries to U.S. zookeepers than any other animal.

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Sweden has the largest scale model of the solar system in the world. It is in the scale of 1:20 million and stretches 950 km across the country.

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Usain Bolt owns a 3-ton segment of the Berlin Wall.

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Armadillos dream.

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Vladimir Putin has an 8th-degree black belt in Kyokushin karate.

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After defeating the Persians, Alexander The Great started dressing like them and took two Persian wives.

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Einstein was stopped so much in public, he would reply, "Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein."

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Cats can't understand punishment as humans do. They must be praised and rewarded for desired behavior instead.

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If you could dig a deep enough hole in China

you would end up in Argentina or Chile.

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There are twice as many suicides as there are homicides in the U.S.

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A former king of Sweden, Eric of Pomerania, became a pirate after he lost the throne.

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Other names for Cocaine are

nose candy, white lady,
stardust and Charlie.

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Roughly a third of the world's adult population smokes.

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Mankind has left 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit on the moon.

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There's a coast-to-coast hiking trail that stretches from Delaware to California.

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All existing JFK assassination related documents will be made public by 2017.

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There's a limestone cliff with over 5,000 dinosaur footprints in Bolivia, with many dating back 68 million years.

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Spiders can walk on water, and breathe under it, too.

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A fake prehistoric rock art of a caveman with a shopping trolley was hung on the walls of the British Museum by art prankster Banksy in 2005. Days went by before anyone noticed it.

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Mickey Mouse has a sister named Amelia Fieldmouse.

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When asked what his IQ was, Stephen Hawking said "I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers."

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There's a 10,000-seat replica of Solomon's Temple in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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More people died in Auschwitz than the British and American losses of WW2 combined.

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