The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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The Rain Man (Laurence Kim Peek) was the only savant known to science who could read two pages of a book simultaneously - one with each eye.
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There's a regenerative candle that creates a new candle as it melts.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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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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A woman from Michigan named Barbara Soper gave birth on 10/10/10, 09/09/09 and 08/08/08 — the odds of which are 50 million to one.
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