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As Slow as Possible is a musical piece composed by John Cage that is scheduled to have a duration of 639 years, performed by organ at St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany. | Arts |
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Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch. | People |
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Anatidaephobia is the fear that you are being watched by a duck. | Other |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first American President to appear on television, in April of 1939. | People |
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In Ethiopia, an old tradition requires the jewelry of bride to be removed after her wedding. Its likeness is then tattooed on her skin. | Religion |
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A Japanese priest set a kimono on fire in Tokyo in 1657 because it carried bad luck. The flames spread until over 10,000 buildings were destroyed and 100,000 people died. | Religion |
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About 25 percent of all adolescent and adult males never use deodorant. | Other |
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In 1976, Los Angeles resident Jannene Swift married a 50-pound piece of granite. More than 20 people attended the ceremony. | Politics |
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The slaves' standard sales contract stated that they were "non-returnable, except for epilepsy." | Politics |
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Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their prehensile penises. | Animals |
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Conservation workers have introduced a exercise regime for giant pandas in Chinese zoos because they're too fat to mate. | Animals |
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Benjamin Franklin gave guitar lessons. | People |
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Sand sharks have a very unique gestation. A mother shark develops two embryos when impregnated. The stronger of the two embryos eats the other before it is born. This is called “intrauterine cannibalism”. | Animals |
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Children who are breast feed tend to do better on SATs than people who weren't. | Science |
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The people most killed in bank robberies are the robbers themselves. | Business |
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