In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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The widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead-end staircases to confuse the ghosts of the people who were killed by her husband's rifles.
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