Winston Churchill once said one of life’s four essentials was cold champagne, and thus he drank over 42,000 bottles of Champagne between 1908 and 1965.
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nearly a fifth of chinas homes are vacant
Nearly a fifth of China’s homes are vacant, meaning there are enough empty homes in China for everyone in the United Kingdom to have one each.
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the largest dam built by beavers is over twice as
The largest dam built by beavers is over twice as long as the Hoover Dam. The busy beavers have been building it for over 40 years in Northern Canada.
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the original manuscript of charles darwins on the
The original manuscript of Charles Darwin’s On The Origin Of Species, considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, has his children’s drawings on them.
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the letters q w and x were illegal for over 80
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
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
Rod Stewart used to take his cocaine anally, rather than risk destroying his nasal passages. –
47 year old mark inglis climbed mount everest in
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
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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