In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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