1. Alex, an African grey parrot, was the first and only non-human animal to ask an existential question: he asked what color he was.
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  2. Christmas ham, originally a pagan tradition, was endorsed by the Catholic Church as a test of truthful conversion from Judaism.
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  3. The last surviving WW1 Veteran was a woman. She was a waitress at an air base.
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  4. People with autism are less likely to catch yawns. The more severe their condition, the less common the behavior gets.
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  5. The largest known black hole has a diameter of 1 trillion KM, more than 190 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto.
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  6. Al-Qaeda initially considered targeting nuclear power plants on 9/11 but decided against it, fearing things could "get out of control."
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  7. The average woman in New York spends 19 minutes primping and 7 minutes deciding what to wear each day.
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  8. New Zealand bans all advertising on TV on Christmas, Easter, Good Friday and ANZAC Day.
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  9. Many ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were overweight and unhealthy, in contrast to their typical depiction, due to a sugary diet of alcohol, bread and honey.
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  10. There's a moon named Cupid that orbits Uranus.
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  11. There is a pilgrimage site in Sri Lanka that is holy to four religions for a "sacred footprint": Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity.
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  12. Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.
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  13. After Michael Jordan scored a game-high 69 points, teammate Stacey King quipped "I'll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points."
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  14. Soccer fans in Italy are called "tifosi", meaning "carriers of typhus", because their fanatism is like a fever.
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  15. A Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old sword as a symbol of regret.
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  16. Canada has fewer people than Tokyo's metropolitan area.
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  17. In August 2001, actor James Woods reported 4 suspicious individuals on his flight. Authorities did not act on his claim and they later turned out to be the 9/11 hijackers.
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  18. In 2011, a small town in Spain, on the brink of financial ruin, bet on the world's biggest lottery and won.
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  19. Albert Einstein denounced segregation, calling it a "disease of white people" and worked against racism in America.
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  20. More people live in caves today than during the Stone Age.
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  21. Cats can swallow and digest their food without chewing it.
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  22. The average 3-hour baseball game contains only 18 minutes of game action.
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  23. In 2003, Leonardo Da Vinci's machines were built and tested according to his original designs for a documentary. Some were successful and others proved to be impractical.
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  24. The Golden Gate uses the largest bridge cables ever made, long enough to encircle the world more than 3 times at the equator.
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  25. Pope Francis said he has not watched television since July 15, 1990.
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  26. Germany and Japan have the lowest birth rate in the world.
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  27. It would take a snail nearly 4,575 years to circle Earth .
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  28. A group of zebras is called a "dazzle".
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  29. When Germany won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it was the first time as a united country. The three previous times, the soccer World Cup was won by West Germany.
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  30. James Cameron sought Hollywood funding for the movie "Titanic" not because he wanted to make the movie, but because he wanted to dive to the shipwreck.
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