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Ian McKellen was brought to tears of frustration while filming The Hobbit!
Ian McKellen was brought to tears of frustration while filming The Hobbit! Gandalf, the mighty wizard, was brought to tears by the technical wizardry necessary to make it seem like he was physically in...
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China had fake Apple stores so realistic; employees thought they were working...
China had fake Apple stores so realistic; employees thought they were working for Apple! China can take counterfeiting to incredible levels. Take these 22 'Apple Stores' that the Chinese government...
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The Mall of America is using 72,000 ladybugs as pest control!
The Mall of America is using 72,000 ladybugs as pest control! We've had facts before about how big the Mall of America is. To recap: It's huge. It's so big, it has a full theme park inside and 7 Yankee...
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The Amazon River is responsible for 20% of all the fresh water that flows...
The Amazon River is responsible for 20% of all the fresh water that flows into the world's oceans! The Amazon River carries the most water of any river in the world. In fact, it dumps more fresh water...
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Green Gummy Bears are actually strawberry flavored!
Green Gummy Bears are actually strawberry flavored! Gummy bears originated in Germany. Haribo, the company that created them, was started in 1920. In 1922, he invented the Dancing Bear, a...
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Germany had a swastika made out of trees that wasn't found over 60 years!
Germany had a swastika made out of trees that wasn't found over 60 years! There's a pine forest near Zernikow, Uckermark district, Brandenburg in Northeastern Germany that had a patch of larch trees...
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Ashton Kutcher went to pick up a girl to go to a party. He left when she...
Ashton Kutcher went to pick up a girl to go to a party. He left when she didn't answer the door. She had been murdered! In 2001, Ashton Kutcher was going to a Grammys party with his then-girlfriend....
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Scientists are trying to de-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur!
Scientists are trying to de-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur! It's widely accepted now that dinosaurs didn't quite all die off when a meteorite hit the Gulf of Mexico. Some survived and evolved into...
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The first person to fly over the North Pole actually missed it!
The first person to fly over the North Pole actually missed it! Richard Byrd gained renown 87 years ago by becoming the first person to fly over the North Pole. However, it is now being reported that...
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A woman was born with two pelvises and four legs!
A woman was born with two pelvises and four legs! Josephine Myrtle Corbin was born in Lincoln County, TN in 1868. She had a rare form of conjoined twining called dipygus. As a result, she was born with...
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Ronald Reagan is the only US president to be elected after getting divorced!
Ronald Reagan is the only US president to be elected after getting divorced! Divorce is an icky subject in politics. In fact, if you want to succeed in US politics, you have to have a pretty clean...
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There is only one known death caused by a falling elevator.
There is only one known death caused by a falling elevator. While it is a popular subject in folklore and entertainment, elevators are actually pretty safe overall. The only known death caused by a...
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Hitler's family name would have been Schicklgruber. His dad changed it in 1877!
Hitler's family name would have been Schicklgruber. His dad changed it in 1877! Adolf Hitler's family tree is complicated. You will notice that the last name "Hitler" had many variations that were...
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Japan voted Ramen noodles as their greatest 20th Century invention!
Japan voted Ramen noodles as their greatest 20th Century invention! Ramen instant noodles are a staple in many a college kid’s diet. They’re easy to make, tasty and cheap. These instant noodles were...
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The Mayor of an Alaskan town is a cat!
The Mayor of an Alaskan town is a cat! Stubbs (born Saturday, April 12, 1997) is a cat who was elected mayor of the town of Talkeetna, Alaska in July 1997, as a write-in candidate. It seems the field...
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A member of the band Joy Division was a suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper case!
A member of the band Joy Division was a suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper case! In 1979, the band Joy Division was touring in some dodgy parts of England. While bands can expect to play in some subpar...
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Iron weapons existed before the development of smelting.
Iron weapons existed before the development of smelting. Before the use of iron smelting, meteoric iron was the only source of iron metal apart from minor amounts of telluric iron. Meteoric iron was...
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Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys was voiced by Flea from The Red Hot Chili...
Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys was voiced by Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Michael Peter Balzary got the nickname Flea from a joke he had with some of his high school friends. At some point...
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Gay swan couples lure females into a threesome to steal an egg from her!
Gay swan couples lure females into a threesome to steal an egg from her! An estimated one-quarter of all black swans pairings are of homosexual males. They steal nests, or form temporary threesomes...
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Rowan Atkinson was a PHD student. He got into acting to overcome a mild stutter!
Rowan Atkinson was a PHD student. He got into acting to overcome a mild stutter! In early 1976 a group of Oxford students met to discuss sketch material for the summer review. Richard Curtis noticed...
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