When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
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If you're one in a million, there are about 7,234 people just like you.
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The Prince Charle Cinema in London has volunteer "ninjas" that hush obnoxious moviegoers.
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The fastest red card in football/soccer history was 2 seconds when Lee Todd was sent off for foul language after he exclaimed "f**k me, that was loud" after the starting whistle.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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