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There's a wife-carrying championship that takes place in Finland every year where the winner receives his wife's weight in beer.
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Go Plate
There's a special plate called a 'Go Plate' that can be used for drinking and eating while standing around.
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Free Wi-Fi
Taiwan became the first country in the world to offer free Wi-Fi connectivity to its citizens and all its foreign tourists.
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Candle Clocks
Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, called kids at hospitals to chat with them in character.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Giant Lego Replica of Pompeii
A man named Ryan McKnight spent 470 hours building a giant Lego replica of historic Roman town of Pompeii.
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