It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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In 1989, a British company made a laptop with a graphical user interface, a 60 hour battery life, SSD storage, and a touchpad.
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The Prince Charle Cinema in London has volunteer "ninjas" that hush obnoxious moviegoers.
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In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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