After coming across a "very sweet" homeless man from Jamaica named Michael on a night out, Londoner Jenny Baker took to Twitter, and within hours, using the hashtag #getmichaelhome, had raised thousands of pounds so that he could return home to Jamaica where he said he would be "happy again".
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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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If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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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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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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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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In Ice Age, the drawings of characters during the end credit roll - and Sid's drawing of himself on a wall - were all done by the children of the animators.
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Putting your car alarm remote under your chin or beside your head increases its range.
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