Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
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Broccoli is ‘man-made’ through the breeding of different cabbage crops.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Most streets in Japan do not have names.
6
Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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