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In 2012, Catarina Migliorini, a 20 year old Brazilian girl, auctioned off her virginity online for US$780,000.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE -
Only 30 to 50 of the original Apple 1 computers still exist, with originals selling for over US$50,000.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Most drivers think they are a better-than-average driver.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The company which maintains Big Ben has staff on 24-hour call should something go wrong.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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U.S. taxpayer money was used by the military to pay NFL teams to honor them.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Alfred Nobel, of the Nobel Prize, lost his brother to an accident at his lab. They were working with liquid nitrogen and attempting to create a more stable explosive. Nobel was able to complete his research after the accident and invented dynamite.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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One of the most expensive pizzas ever made cost £4200. The “Pizza Royale 007” featured caviar, lobster, and 24-carat gold dust.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, has been burning since 1962.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Before José Mujica became president of Uruguay, he spent 13 years in prison. He was the leader of a Marxist guerrilla group.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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1 in 6 of the world's population bribe a police officer every year.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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As a kid, actor Steve Buscemi was hit by a bus and by a car— in separate incidents.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A Vietnam War Sniper crawled for 3 days across 2000m of open field, killed a general with one shot, then crawled back.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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You can cook an egg on a sidewalk at 158°F (70°C).♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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'Ukulele' translates as 'jumping flea', likely after the movement of the player's fingers.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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To find inspiration for his work, Czech writer Franz Kafka tapped into his insomnia and the vivid hallucinations it brought him.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The average active vocabulary of an adult English speaker is of around 20,000 words.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Violent dreams may be an early sign of brain disorders down the line, including Parkinson's disease and dementia.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A honeybee's true surface area is the size of a piece of toast.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Out of their natural habitat more than 60% of male pandas exhibit no sexual desire at all.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A dolphin's stomach is compartmentalized for rapid digestion.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the X-Men movies, the sound of Wolverine's claws shooting out was made by tearing a turkey apart and also cracking nuts to give a sense of metal protruding through flesh.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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London's after-hours economy generates £26.3bn ($32.3bn) every year.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A man took five years to write a 1,905 page suicide note before killing himself in 2010.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Breastfeeding actually changes the way a mother's brain works, making her more attuned to the child's crying.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Donald Trump will become the only leader of a major industrialized country to deny the existence of human-caused global warming.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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According to research, people who oppose gay marriage are less likely to value information that comes from experts.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The African penguin is also known as the jackass penguin, due to its donkey-like braying sounds.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The most comprehensive pure linguistic Chinese-language dictionary, records more than 23,000 head Chinese characters and gives over 370,000 definitions.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Before the current era of commercial skyscrapers, there was an era where the tallest buildings were Christian churches and cathedrals (c. 1250–1901).♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the Psycho movie, Alfred Hitchcock achieved the sound of stabbings in the iconic shower scene by stabbing through countless melons to find the perfect one for the scene.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
