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In 2013, white was the world's most popular car color.

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Pink Floyd, the iconic rock band, was originally called Screaming Abdabs.

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Elizabeth Taylor arrived late for her own funeral. The film star left instructions requesting that her coffin should arrive 15 minutes late.

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Humans have caused 322 animal extinctions over the past 500 years.

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Smoking a cigarette causes damage in minutes, not years.

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A crime lab chemist in Massachusetts admitted to tampering with evidence and forging tests in 2017, resulting in more than 20,000 drug-related convictions dropped.

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Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon, the great-great-great-great-nephew of Napoleon, is the Head of the Imperial House of France. He works as a investment banker in NYC.

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Hunter-gatherers have far more leisure time than farmers do, and more still than modern people in the industrialized world.

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When David Bowie died his ashes were scattered in Bali in accordance with Buddhist ritual.

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Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte were beaten by a chess robot, the Mechanical Turk, who toured the world, beating masters and novices alike. However, in reality, it was just a man in a box.

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There are six villages in France called Silly, 12 called Billy and two called Prat.

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Anonymous once overwhelmed the Scientology Church's Los Angeles headquarters with all-black faxes, draining the machines of ink.

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Half of all new cars in Norway are electric or hybrid.

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The common cold is caused by over 200 different viruses.

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Kit Kat is produced worldwide by Nestlé, except in the U.S. where their competitor, Hershey makes them.

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Will Smith owed $2.8 million to the IRS and almost went bankrupt, just before he signed the contract for "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air."

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PlayStation 2 was so popular, it was produced up until the month before the PlayStation 4 was announced.

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The Philippines consists of 7,641 islands.

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A Huntington Beach resident has visited the parks of the Disneyland Resort every day since January 1, 2012, marking his 2,000th consecutive visit in 2017.

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Kenny G broke a Guinness World Record in 1997 for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone: an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds.

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In Mississippi it's illegal to have more than one child out of wedlock.

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"Response to Those who Criticise Me for Spending Money on Old Wine & Prostitutes" is a lost work by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates.

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UK's Royal Mail estimated in 2015 that it would cost £11,602 to send a letter to Mars.

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The Hollywood sign originally said “Hollywoodland.”

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The sale of Nazi memorabilia is prohibited in Argentina, Austria and many other countries in the world.

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The average U.S. household has 300,000 objects, from paper clips to ironing boards.

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Walmart is the largest seller of firearms in the U.S.

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The Nazis run the world's largest tourism operator of the 1930s, the KdF. By 1939, over 25 million Germans had participated on a KdF trip.

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"Zoodles" are noodles made out of zucchini.

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The longest baseball game in history lasted for two days.

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