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New Australian passports offer three gender options!
New Australian passports offer three gender options! Typically on a government form, there are only two genders listed, either 'male' or 'female'. Throughout the 20th century this was never seen as a...
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In the 50s, a white reporter travelled as a black man for 6 weeks. After he...
In the 50s, a white reporter travelled as a black man for 6 weeks. After he published his experiences, he had to move to Mexico! Journalist John Howard Griffin published his nonfiction book "Black Like...
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Boring, Oregon and Dull, Scotland became sister cities as a publicity stunt!
Boring, Oregon and Dull, Scotland became sister cities as a publicity stunt! Some towns just have the worst names. Boring, Oregon is one of them. Why someone thought that was a good name for a town is...
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Roman Emperor Nero used to burn Christians as a night light for his garden!
Roman Emperor Nero used to burn Christians as a night light for his garden! Nero was the fifth Roman emperor and ruled between 54 and 68 AD. He was a tyrannical and violent ruler and is known for many...
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To play this instrument, you must learn to breath circularly!
To play this instrument, you must learn to breath circularly! The didgeridoo was invented by indigenous Australians nearly 1,500 years ago. This wind instrument is still played around the world today....
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There's a company trying to establish permanent autonomous communities in the...
There's a company trying to establish permanent autonomous communities in the ocean! Independent ocean communities sounds like something out of Star Wars. I'm envisioning Jar Jar Binks strutting the...
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Gordon Ramsay went back to get more In-N-Out Burgers because he was so...
Gordon Ramsay went back to get more In-N-Out Burgers because he was so impressed! Gordon Ramsay, celebrity chef of "Hell's Kitchen" fame, is not one you would expect to see at a fast food joint....
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96% of Quebec's electricity is hydroelectric!
96% of Quebec's electricity is hydroelectric! With the ever diminishing supply of fossil fuels, the world's scientists are searching for alternative forms of energy (or at least we hope they are). One...
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Johnny Depp is descended from the first free African woman in the US!
Johnny Depp is descended from the first free African woman in the US! It make sense that Johnny Depp's heritage would be as varied and quirky as he is. The actor is known for playing odd characters...
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The Nazis used the Leaning Tower of Pisa as an observation post. Allies...
The Nazis used the Leaning Tower of Pisa as an observation post. Allies didn't bomb it because it was so beautiful! The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a famous bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa. As it's...
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A UK couple made a Rage Against the Machine song #1 to spite an X Factor...
A UK couple made a Rage Against the Machine song #1 to spite an X Factor contestant! Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" may not be the first song you think of when you think of Christmas....
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An 18-year-old German pilot landed in Russia's Red Square without permission....
An 18-year-old German pilot landed in Russia's Red Square without permission. It helped bring an end to the Cold War! In 1987, Mathias Rust, a German aviator, decided to relieve the tension created by...
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You can buy your own island for as little as $500,000!
You can buy your own island for as little as $500,000! Ever wanted to pull a Johnny Depp and buy your own island? Why travel to Key West when you could bask in the sun on your very own beach? Maybe you...
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A shipwreck salvage company found a wreck worth half a BILLION dollars!
A shipwreck salvage company found a wreck worth half a BILLION dollars! In 2007, a deep sea salvage company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, discovered over 500,000 coins on a ship wreck off the coast of...
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A blind man learned echolocation so well; he can ride a bike and identify bad...
A blind man learned echolocation so well; he can ride a bike and identify bad parking jobs! Echolocation is practiced by dolphins, bats and other animal species to supplement their vision. They bounce...
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A woman tried to smuggle a live tiger cub through an airport!
A woman tried to smuggle a live tiger cub through an airport! In 2010, airport staff got suspicious at the X-ray image of a woman’s bag at Bangkok’s airport. When they opened said bag, they found a...
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Some scientists claim that the ice age atmosphere was "warm!"
Some scientists claim that the ice age atmosphere was "warm!" Researchers at the University of Birmingham recently dug up some interesting bits of our past. When studying limestone rocks, they found...
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Eisotrophobia is a fear of mirrors!
Eisotrophobia is a fear of mirrors! Just to clarify, it isn’t always just a fear of catching yourself on a bad hair day; sometimes eisotrophobia is the fear of being put into contact with the spiritual...
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There's a war that lasted 300 years but had 0 casualties!
There's a war that lasted 300 years but had 0 casualties! The Three Hundred and Third Five Years’ War (1651 and 1986) was between the Netherlands the Isles of Scilly and possibly the most peaceful war...
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Oscar Wilde's last words were "either the wallpaper goes, or I do."
Oscar Wilde's last words were "either the wallpaper goes, or I do." Oscar Wilde shared a strained relationship with the wall paper that surrounded him in his last days. Oscar Wilde was the author of...
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