Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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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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The 'Bicycle Tree', found near Brig o' Turk in Scotland, has consumed an entire bike that now hangs out of its bark.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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