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87% of Americans can be uniquely identified using only three bits of information: ZIP code, birth date, and gender.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Under the original terms of the U.S. Constitution, the President could not choose his vice president, instead it was the candidate with the second most votes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Ache tribe of Paraguay believe that babies inherit the characteristics of all the men who have had sex with the mother during pregnancy.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1997, Pope John Paul II decided that St. Isidore of Seville would be the patron saint of the Internet and computer repairmen.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Every nation in the world allows its residents to divorce under some conditions except the Philippines and the Vatican City.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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More than 22 million tons of salt are used to melt ice on roads in the U.S. every year. That's about 137 pounds of salt for every American.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The extraordinary Bourtange star fort in the Netherlands was constructed in 1593 during the time of the Eighty Years' War. It later became a village and now a Museum.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1998, Burger King announced the "Left-Handed Whopper", where all the condiments were rotated 180° to suit the left-handed people. It was an April's Fool hoax but people eagerly tried to order it the next day.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snake wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol, which is considered an important curative according to Traditional Chinese medicine.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Too much coffee and stress can produce higher levels of hallucination.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Red Cross symbol, a red cross on a white background, is not public domain and is illegally used for many video game health packs.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Pentagon has never been audited.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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According to the official Cards Against Humanity rules, the player who pooped last goes first as judge.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Former US President Calvin Coolidge enjoyed "buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Because Prince didn't have a will, he lost control of all his music after he died.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Before Joseph Stalin ruled Russia, he organized bank robberies to fund the communist cause.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In Missouri during the 1860s, a "snowflake" was a person who was opposed to the abolition of slavery.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A piece of an ancient continent, running from India to Madagascar, was found in 2017 under the island of Mauritius off the East Coast of Africa.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the 1950s, Nelson Mandela was a crusading attorney by day and an amateur boxer by night.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Due to their small brains, koalas are unable to perform complex, unfamiliar tasks such as eat leaves off of flat surfaces.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Nikola Tesla was born around midnight during a fierce lightning storm.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Anxiety, depression, phobias or obsessive compulsive disorder affect 26% of UK women ages 16 to 24.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Piranhas only attack you if you mess with them or their eggs.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Data scientists analyzed 10,222 words to discover the "happiest" word in the English language. It's "laughter."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2015, a host of big food brands, led by Nestlé, vowed to use only natural flavors in products marketed in the U.S., just as a shortage of natural vanilla was emerging.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Philosophical presentism is the view that neither the future nor the past exist, only the present.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There is an army recruitment lottery in Thailand. Every man over 21 has to participate. A red card means you have to go, a black card means you don't.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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88% of businesses believe school leavers are unprepared for the world of work, according to a British Chambers of Commerce survey.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Abraham Lincoln loved cats and once let one eat from the table during a formal White House dinner.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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During WWII, a British sailor escaped his submarine from depths of 270 feet (82 m) and managed to get to the surface and survive.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
