The Rain Man (Laurence Kim Peek) was the only savant known to science who could read two pages of a book simultaneously - one with each eye.
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After coming across a "very sweet" homeless man from Jamaica named Michael on a night out, Londoner Jenny Baker took to Twitter, and within hours, using the hashtag #getmichaelhome, had raised thousands of pounds so that he could return home to Jamaica where he said he would be "happy again".
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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever
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Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.
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Putting your car alarm remote under your chin or beside your head increases its range.
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