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For many years, a person named Jovita was the sole inhabitant of the Rooster island, opposite to Tumaco, Colombia.
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The official Polynesian musical instrument is the nose-flute, which is played by blowing through one nose-hole.
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General W. Greely (1844-1935) led an expedition into the arctic, where 19 of his 25 men starved to death. The survivors had to eat their shoes.
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There once was a stalk named Peter in Germany, whose beak was replaced by an aluminum one after losing it in a fight.
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Chinese taoist priests wrote good luck charms to cure all diseases. The patient had to burn and eat the charm.
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Japanese children take part in the ceremony to ask forgiveness from the fish they eat.
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The first armoured car was built by Vickers in 1902 Great Britain. It was shaped like a boat on wheels.
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During WW2, Wiston Churchill received cigars as presents from all over the world; to protect him from being poisoned, tobacco tests were mashed up and inyected to rats.
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Dogs working as extras in movies in the 1930’s were paid $7.50 USD per day, the same as people.
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To pay for a judgement against the city of NY in 1858, they had to cheaply auction furniture of great value.
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilogogogock is the name of a train station in Wales.
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In the 1900’s, the Hansom taxis of NY were propelled by batteries and two electric motors.
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In 1903, George Cannon built a vapour car that could run a mile in 70 seconds.
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Erastostenes (275-194 AC) erred in the calculus of the circunference of the Earth by 80 km.
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The horned chameleon of deserts in Mexico and south USA, reacts and attacks by squirting blood out of his eyes aproximately 1.5 meters.
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The body is ~1cm taller in the morning than in the evening.
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99% of the facts in this site are true. This fact is in the remaining 1%.
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¿Por qué todo junto se escribe separado y separado se escribe todo junto?
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Al 65% de los hombres les cuelga más abajo el testículo izquierdo y es más pequeño que el derecho. La misma proporción aplica para los senos de las mujeres.
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