| The first patented condom was meant to be reused! |
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| In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes. |
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| Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning. |
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| Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory. |
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| Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die. |
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| In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog! |
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| The great warrior Ghengis Khan died in bed while having sex. |
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| Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older. |
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| The Japanese liquor, Mam, uses venomous snakes as one of its main engredients. |
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| Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Leichtenstein (1984). |
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| At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military. |
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| Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa! |
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| There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge. |
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| The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains! |
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| Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116. |
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| One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds! |
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| Europe is the only continent without a desert. |
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| At one 'feeding', a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood. |
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| A snail can sleep for three years. |
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| The 7-Eleven Extreme Gulp is 50% bigger than the volume of the human stomach! |
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| In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton, and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings. |
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| 76% of Americans celebrate New Year's Eve in groups of less than 20. |
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| Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off . |
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| Contrary to popular belief, there are almost no Buddhists in India, nor have there been for about a thousand years. |
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| On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. |
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| The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning. |
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| Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings! |
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| Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows! |
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| Only male fireflies can fly. |
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| Iceland has no railway system or army! |
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| Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states! |
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| In some parts of England, rum is used to wash a baby's head for good luck. |
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| Nylon is made from coal and petroleum. |
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| Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875. |
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| In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging. |
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| The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993. |
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| The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour. |
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| Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates. |
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| It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine. |
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| 7,000 new insect species are discovered every year. |
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| Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'. |
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| In France, it is legal to marry a dead person! |
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| English novelist Arnold Bennet drank a glass of water in a Paris Hotel to prove it was safe. He died two months later of Typhoid! |
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| In Florida, It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit. |
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| Large kangaroos can cover more than 30 feet with each jump! |
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| The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing. |
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| In Albania, nodding your head means 'no' and shaking your head means 'yes'. |
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| Drivers kill more deer than hunters. |
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| Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated. |
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| Anteaters prefer termites to ants. |
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