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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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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There's a road in Lancaster, CA that has grooves carved in such a way that when you drive over them at 55 MPH, they will play a part of Rossini's "The William Tell Overture."
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