In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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