Random Strange Facts

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    Monowi, Nebraska
    Monowi, Nebraska
    "Monowi" is a town in Nebraska that has a population of 1; the Mayor pays taxes to herself.
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    Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Researchers find new emperor penguin colonies by looking for their poop from a satellite in space.
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    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 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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    Mike the Headless Chicken
    Mike the Headless Chicken
    Mike the Headless Chicken was no different from any other chicken, except that he lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off.
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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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    A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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