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    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley promised to never shave again if Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He died in 1910 with a 12-foot-long beard.
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    People
    Trendy Crooked Teeth
    Trendy Crooked Teeth
    In Japan, ‘yaeba’ (or crooked teeth) in girls is considered cute and attractive. Girls actually undergo procedures to un-straighten their teeth.
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    Funny
    Ex-Husband's Revenge
    Ex-Husband's Revenge
    In 2013, a man bought a house next to his ex-wife just to install a giant middle finger statue for her to see every day.
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    Weird
    Pentheraphobia
    Pentheraphobia
    Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.
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    Computers & Internet
    'Firefox'
    'Firefox'
    The Firefox mascot isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
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    Computers & Internet
    Ecosia
    Ecosia
    Ecosia is a search engine that helps to save the environment by donating 80% of its income to planting trees in Brazil.
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    Countries & Places
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    Food & Drink
    White Strawberries
    White Strawberries
    There's a type of strawberry in Japan that is completely white, inside and out, with red seeds.
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