Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said “I’m working on that.”
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The Prince Charle Cinema in London has volunteer "ninjas" that hush obnoxious moviegoers.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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