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    The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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    The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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    A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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    There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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    The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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    Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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    Professional Stander: Stand in Line for Others for $1K a Week
    There's a man named Robert Samuel who's a "professional stander", earning up to $1,000 a week by standing in line for people.
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    Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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