The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
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Girls have more tastebuds than boys.
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According to Harris Interactive, 70% of men and 57% of women shower daily.
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Blonde hair is not exclusive to Europeans. Melanesians of the south Pacific evolved a different gene for blonde hair.
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Only 10-20% of the population can wiggle their ears and raise one eyebrow.
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Nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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Dutch, on average are the tallest people.
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