In Tunisia, you can book an overnight stay in Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home for only $10.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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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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A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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Self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graduation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.
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