Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
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Jews account for 20% of all Nobel Prize laureates, despite being only 0.2% of the world’s population.
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There is no mention of Adam and Eve eating an apple in the Bible.
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In Poland, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has just been granted permission to register as a religion.
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In a century's time Islam had converted one-third of the world.
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There is a Swedish religion called Kopimism whose sole tenet is that all knowledge should be available to everyone - and thus, using CTRL+C and CTRL+V are sacred acts.
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'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
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