An artist in Iowa named Patrick Acton built a complete model of Hogwarts out of matchsticks.
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More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet. One in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime.
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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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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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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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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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