Sniffologists have the job of sniffing armpits.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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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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In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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In November 2013, a woman in Florida named Linda Ducharme married a ferris wheel.
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