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    The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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    Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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    In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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    Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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    The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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    The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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