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Rupert Grint became an ice cream man after Harry Potter — not for publicity, but because it had been his childhood dream all along.

On very long, boring roads in Australia, they put up trivia signs to keep drivers alert. One sign asks a question, and a few kilometres later another sign gives the answer.

A man bet $50,000 that someone would streak at the Super Bowl — then did it himself. He claimed he cashed out $374,000 and walked away with a $1,000 fine.

A TV reporter in the Philippines brought her puppy to the studio because no one was home to watch him. During the live broadcast of TV Patrol Southern Mindanao, she kept the sleeping puppy hidden at her feet — with only her upper half visible on camera. Behind-the-scenes photos later surfaced and went viral, showing the little golden pup curled up on the studio floor while she delivered the news without missing a beat.

In 2012, the internet sent Pitbull to the most remote Walmart in America. He actually showed up.

In Japan, there's a bar for people thinking of quitting their jobs. The bartenders are career counselors, and the drinks are free.

Green vine snakes aren't dangerous. They just stare at you like you've disappointed them.

Your cornea has no blood supply at all — it gets its oxygen directly from the air, dissolved through your tears. It's one of the only tissues in the human body that is completely avascular. This is also why wearing contact lenses for too long can cause problems: they block oxygen from reaching the cornea.

The human liver can regenerate to its full size from as little as 25% of its original tissue. It's the only internal organ that can do this — which is why living-donor liver transplants work. Surgeons remove up to 60% of the donor's liver, transplant it, and both the donor and recipient end up with full-sized livers within months.

In 1997, a 23-year-old French con artist convinced a Texas family he was their missing teenage son — despite having brown eyes instead of blue, a heavy French accent, and being a completely different person. He lived with them for months before a private investigator uncovered the truth.

The town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, has been on fire since 1962. An underground coal seam ignited, creating sinkholes that vent toxic gas, forcing nearly everyone to leave. The fire still burns today and could continue for 250 more years.

During the Gobi Desert ultramarathon, a stray dog ran over 77 miles alongside British runner Dion Leonard. After the race, she went missing, but with 20 volunteers and a two-week search, Dion found her and now happily lives with him in Edinburgh.