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    Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.
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    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley promised to never shave again if Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He died in 1910 with a 12-foot-long beard.
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    Strangers Made to Talk and Stare at Each Other Can Fall in Love
    When two strangers are forced to talk and maintain eye contact for a while, it can make them fall in love.
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    Dolly Dimples, a 555 lbs. woman, lost 443 lbs in one year by eating nothing but baby food.
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    15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes.
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    People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
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    Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.
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    Karl Pillemer, a professor, performed a study on thousands of elderly people and what advice they had about life. On happiness, there was a consensus: “the elders viewed happiness as a choice, not the result of how life treats you.”
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