Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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Cherophobia is a fear of fun.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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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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In the Philippines there's a boy named "Lord Voldemort".
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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