Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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30% of Chinese adults live with their parents.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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For Valentine's Day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of "Beijing Love Story" at a Shanghai cinema by booking every other seat, subsequently preventing couples from sitting together.
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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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In Japan, slurping loudly while eating noodles shows that the food is delicious. It's actually considered rude not to slurp!
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