In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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In 1916, a US amendment was proposed to put all acts of war to a national vote. If you voted yes you would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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