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In Norse, the name Siri means "a beautiful woman that leads you to victory."

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American gymnast George Eyser competed during the 1904 Summer Games despite his wooden left leg, winning the gold medals in the vault, parallel bars and rope climbing.

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When you snap your finger, your finger moves at about 20 mph.

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Medical students in 18th-century Scotland could pay their tuition fees in corpses.

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The can opener was not invented until 50 years after the invention of canned food.

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Some deep-sea skates lay their eggs close to hydrothermal vents using the hot water to incubate their eggs.

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The typical U.S. Congress member is 12 times richer than the typical American household.

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Birds sing in their dreams.

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A church in Italy, destroyed by an earthquake in 1976, was rebuilt using most of its original cataloged stones that were placed in the exact same positions they were in before it fell.

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The first non-white NBA player was Japanese and joined the NBA the same year Jackie Robinson broke the racial barrier in baseball.

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More than 10% of Tuvalu's GDP comes from registration of .tv domain names.

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The painting of George Washington used for the dollar bill was never finished.

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Married women were banned from watching or even attending the ancient Olympic games. The penalty for any married woman caught sneaking a peek was execution.

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The winner of the first modern Olympic Marathon stopped at a tavern mid-race for a glass of wine.

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People buy more when they're hungry, even when shopping for non-edible goods.

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Despite being a small and densely populated country, The Netherlands is the world's second biggest exporter of food.

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Newsweek magazine was sold by the Washington Post Co. for $1 in 2010.

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The original Pac-Man has a safe spot where the ghosts will never get you.

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Ancient Romans running for office wore a distinctive toga called the "toga candida." Hence the word "candidate."

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Leonardo DiCaprio's haircut from Titanic was once outlawed by the Taliban.

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Spongebob Squarepants' birthday is July 14, 1986. He's well over 30 years old.

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In 1719, prisoners in Paris were offered freedom if they married prostitutes and moved to Louisiana.

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"Giraffe" is a relatively new term. Before the 1600s they were known as "Camelopards".

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Junk mail in the U.S. destroys 100 million trees a year. The equivalent of deforesting all of Rocky Mountain National Park every four months.

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Venice awards only 425 gondolier licences and there are years of apprenticeship and a major exam to pass.

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Survivors of the Las Vegas 2017 shootings received death threats from conspiracy theorists.

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Axolotls can regenerate limbs, organs and even parts of the brain. They are 1000 times more resistant to cancer than mammals.

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There are 6 Blockbuster stores still open in Alaska.

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Madrid has the oldest running restaurant in the world, Sobrino de Botín, open since 1725.

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Ben Affleck is banned for life from playing Blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas after being caught counting cards.

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