1. In Bhutan, there were no public hospitals or schools until the 1950s, and no paper currency, no roads or electricity until several years after that.
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  2. Pretty Boy Floyd, a bank robber in the 1920s, would destroy mortgage documents during robberies, which freed many citizens of their debts.
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  3. Nepal was the first country in Asia to introduce gay marriage. It has also outlawed the death penalty.
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  4. Americans spend 30% less on Father's Day gifts than on Mother's Day gifts.
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  5. The inventor of the heart stent approached numerous companies for funding and was rejected. It was funded by the owner of Fuddrucker's restaurant, whom he met by chance on a golf course.
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  6. The chances of us eating even one spider in our sleep throughout our lifetime is close to 0%.
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  7. The stunt doubles for Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in the movie "Mad Max: Fury Road" fell in love on set and got married.
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  8. When Apple began designating employee numbers, Steve Jobs was offended that Wozniak received #1 while he got #2. He believed he should be second to no one, so he took #0 instead.
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  9. A month before 9/11, President George W. Bush was handed a memo titled: "Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US" saying it would be by hijacking planes, possibly targeting NYC.
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  10. 40% of Americans think that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
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  11. Absolut Vodka used to belong to Sweden's government, until they sold it in 2008 for US$8.3 Billion to Pernod Ricard.
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  12. Mars has a flag. It was designed by a NASA engineer.
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  13. In Halden, a high-security prison in Norway, every cell has a flatscreen TV, an en-suite shower and fluffy, white towels.
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  14. Unspayed females dogs only go into heat twice a year.
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  15. In 1996, a man broke into a radio station in New Zealand, held the manager hostage, and demanded the station to play "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the frog.
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  16. A man revived 5 rivers and brought water back to 1000 villages in India using native water-preservation techniques.
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  17. There's a bar in Ireland that opened in the year 900 A.D. and is still operational. It's called "Sean's Bar".
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  18. You are required to show up to vote in Australia. If you don't, you'll face a fine.
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  19. Famous science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov died as the result of an HIV infection from a blood transfusion given during triple-bypass heart surgery.
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  20. Even though the Hindenburg was inflated with 7 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen gas, it had a smoking room.
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  21. The Japanese authorities constructed a fence around a volcano at Mount Mihara to stop a trend of over 2000 people committing suicide by jumping in.
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  22. There is a species of fungus called "Chorioactis" that only exists in Texas and rural Japan, and is thought to have been in both places for 19 million years.
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  23. The Pyramids of Giza were more ancient to the ancient Romans, than Ancient Rome is ancient to us.
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  24. The first thing ever bought and sold across the Internet was a bag of marijuana around 1971.
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  25. The SS officer who captured Anne Frank and her family became a member of West Germany's intelligence service after WW2. He bought Anne Frank's book to see if he was mentioned.
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  26. After WW2, a group of Jewish "Avengers" formulated a Holocaust revenge plan to kill 6 million Germans by poisoning the water supply of many German cities. However, it was foiled by British police while the poison was in transit.
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  27. At the center of every raindrop is an impurity such as dust, clay or soot. It is almost impossible for raindrops to form from pure water.
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  28. The UK and Portugal hold the longest standing alliance in the world that is still in force. It was ratified in 1386.
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  29. Abraham Lincoln was estranged from his father and didn't attend his funeral.
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  30. In 2012, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez rewarded his 3,000,000th Twitter follower, a 19-year old girl, with a new home.
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