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    Countries & Places
    There is a city called "Batman" in Turkey.
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    People
    Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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    People
    The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls later died from slipping on an orange peel.
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    Celebrity
    Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has more money than Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales.
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    Food & Drink
    There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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    Weather
    There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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    Animal
    In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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    Animal
    There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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