The letters Q, W, and X were illegal for over 80 years in Turkey. They
were legalized in 2013; however, they were still not included in the
Turkish alphabet.
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The letters Q, W, and X were illegal for over 80 years in Turkey. They
were legalized in 2013; however, they were still not included in the
Turkish alphabet.
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There is a law in the state of Iowa that if you are a one-armed piano player, that you must perform for free.
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Rod Stewart used to take his cocaine anally, rather than risk destroying his nasal passages. –
47-year-old Mark Inglis climbed Mount Everest in 2006, despite having no legs and one of his prostheses snapping in half during the middle of his climb at 21,000 feet.
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There are more than 5000 mammals on our planet but Humans (Homo Sapiens) are the only ones with permanent breasts. All other mammals develop temporary breasts during ovulation or when nursing in order to produce milk for their offspring and they disappear afterwards.
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If you own any chickens in Quitman, Georgia, it’s illegal to let them
cross the road. Simply put, the law essentially wants owners to have
their chickens under control at all times.
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source: wtffunfact.com
Some Japanese and East Asian people have dry, white earwax. It’s not uncommon to see black cotton sticks in stores that are used to clean their ears. The same gene is said to also make it to where you have little to no body odor!
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Native Americans created a universal sign language known as Hand Talk in the mid-1500’s, hundreds of years before Europeans invented a sign language of their own.
None of The Beatles, considered by many to be the greatest musical act in history, are able to read or write sheet music.
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