The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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 Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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The widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead-end staircases to confuse the ghosts of the people who were killed by her husband's rifles.
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