Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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