It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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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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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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