The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive...so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.
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Mussolini dodged the Italian draft.
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In November 2013, a woman in Florida named Linda Ducharme married a ferris wheel.
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A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
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In Mechanicsburg, Ohio, an avid 82-year-old biker has been buried atop his prized Harley-Davidson in a see-through coffin.
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A twin was born 34 minutes after her brother, but because daylight savings kicked in, was actually born 26 minutes before!
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