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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In 2007, a Bosnian couple found out that they had been cheating on one another in online chatrooms... with each other.
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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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A Korean man called Lee Jin-gyu fell in love with his large, huggable pillow and married it.
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There is a Swedish religion called Kopimism whose sole tenet is that all knowledge should be available to everyone - and thus, using CTRL+C and CTRL+V are sacred acts.
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There is a town in Pennsylvania named Intercourse.
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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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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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