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The Wright Brothers only flew together once after gaining their father's permission. They had always promised they wouldn't fly together to avoid a double tragedy if there was an accident

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Every December 25th, a town in Peru celebrates "Takanakuy." Men, women, and children settle grudges from the past year by calling each other out and having a fist fight. The fight style generally reflects martial art, focusing on punching, kicking, and quickness of movements. Once the day is done, everybody goes drinking to numb the pain and move on to a new year.

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There's a blind guy named Daniel Kish who can ride his bike in traffic. He's figured out how to use echolocation by clicking his tongue and listening to the echos. He can tell a building from as far as 1,000 feet away, differentiate specific kinds of cars, explore the wilderness by himself, and can generally do all kinds of things that someone with sight would do

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The static on tv is referred to as "myroma's king" in Sweden, meaning "war of the ants"

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When a song gets stuck in your head, it's because your brain views it as an unfinished task, especially if you only remember one part. A tip to get it out of your head is to listen to the song in its entirety

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When a man named Larry Rutman threw a boomerang and hit himself in the head, he sued himself for $300,000, and surprisingly won, obtaining the money from his insurance

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A 14 year old girl named D'Zhana Simmons lived 118 days without a heart. She had two pumps to keep her blood flowing until a donor heart arrived

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The boy who played 11 year-old Voldemort (aka Tom Riddle) in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is the nephew of Ralph Fiennes, the actor who played the adult Voldemort in the final five films

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Trees "sleep" at night. Researchers have discovered that trees relax and let their branches droop when the sun goes down

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In 18th century England, you could pay your admission into the zoo by bringing a cat or dog to feed to the lions

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The wolf mouse, located in Mexico, is known for its vicious tendencies. It will attack and feed on any small animal, ranging from poisonous scoripons to other mice of the same species. Before completing the finishing bite, it celebrates by howling at the moon

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Charles Darwin ate one of every animal he discovered

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Jackie Chan once broke 12 cement blocks with a fist, holding an egg, without damaging the egg

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In Belgium, Poland, Portugal, France, and Austria, everyone is automatically an organ donor unless they "opt out" while living. In "opt out" countries, over 90% of people donate their organs. In countries where you have to "opt in" to become a donor- such as Germany and America- only 15% of people donate their organs at death

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The employees who work for Jack Daniels get a free bottle of Jack Daniels with their paychecks on the first Friday of every month

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GhostSingles.com is a dating website for ghosts

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J.K. Rowling has revealed that before wizards used modern plumbing, they'd "relieve themselves wherever they stood" and "vanished the evidence" by using magic