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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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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Elephants are among the most emotional creatures in the world - they have even been known to rescue other animals, such as trapped dogs.
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The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub lasted 99 hours!
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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