Yu Youzhen, a Chinese millionaire, works as a street sweeper for the sanitation department to set an example for her children.
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Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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