1. 100,000 Japanese disappear without trace every year, many to save their honour after a divorce, job loss, failing an exam or debt.
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  2. Osama Bin Laden inherited at least US$25 million after his father's death.
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  3. It's scientific fact that chicken noodle soup helps relieve symptoms of the common cold.
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  4. A theist is someone who is addicted to tea.
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  5. Sharks have rush hour too: a study found that shark traffic on major routes around Palmyra Atoll peaked between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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  6. To be legal, prop money for films in the U.S. must be one-sided and less than 75% or more than 150% of the size of a real banknote.
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  7. John Lennon started his singing career as a choir boy at St. Peter's church.
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  8. 3623 Chaplin is an asteroid named in honour of Charlie Chaplin.
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  9. Half of academic papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, peer reviewers, and journal editors.
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  10. Mick Jagger was a porter at a mental hospital before being famous.
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  11. Dolphins tenderise octopuses by bashing them around before eating them.
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  12. By the end of 2018, McDonald's had restaurants in 120 countries.
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  13. The British Library keeps its collection of over 60 million newspapers in an airtight room with low oxygen so they can't catch fire.
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  14. "All Quiet on the Western Front" was banned in Poland for being pro-German and in Germany for being anti-German.
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  15. The Japanese embassy in France has a 24-hour helpline for their citizens who didn't find Paris as expected.
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  16. Matt Groening designed The Simpson family to be immediately identifiable in silhouette, hence their distinctive hairstyles and head-shapes.
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  17. Michael Phelps' training breakfast consisted of an omelette, porridge, three slices of French toast, three egg sandwiches and three pancakes.
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  18. The longest known lightning bolt could have reached from Brussels to London.
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  19. Russia has 800,000 faith healers but only 640,000 doctors.
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  20. The only woman in Einstein's physics class at Zürich Polytechnic married him.
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  21. Kanye West worked at the Gap before being famous.
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  22. It takes 18 people 900 hours to put out the red carpet for the Oscars.
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  23. More species have been named after Barack Obama than any other U.S. president.
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  24. The Estonian army travels with pop-up saunas.
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  25. Before he made it big in Hollywood, Johnny Depp was a telemarketer.
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  26. On a 1995 visit to Washington D.C., Russian President Boris Yeltsin was found on Pennsylvania Avenue, drunk, in his underwear, trying to hail a cab to get a pizza.
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  27. In 1913, the roulette wheel in Monte Carlo came up black 26 times in a row.
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  28. Gamblers in Japan are only allowed to bet on horse, boat or cycle races.
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  29. Abu Dhabi has a beauty contest for camels.
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  30. In 2017, British doctors found 27 lost contact lenses in a patient's eye.
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