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    An artist in Iowa named Patrick Acton built a complete model of Hogwarts out of matchsticks.
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    Jadav Payeng
    Jadav Payeng
    At 17 years old, an Indian man named Jadav Payeng started planting trees on a barren sandbar. At age 47, he lives in his own 1360 acre forest which now houses rhinos, tigers, deer, apes and elephants.
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    Canadian Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Frederick Banting, discoverer of insulin, sold the rights to the University of Toronto for $1 so that it was available to everyone.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    Lost Bitcoin
    Lost Bitcoin
    A man from Newport, UK, threw away a computer hard drive before realizing that it contained $7.5 million worth of bitcoins.
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    Lightning Hits Plane Inside Rainbow
    Lightning Hits Plane Inside Rainbow
    A German photographer actually snapped a picture of a plane being struck by lightning inside a rainbow.
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    A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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