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    Animal
    The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.
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    Animal
    The Chow and the Chinese Shar-Pei are the only dogs that have black tongues.
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    Language
    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    Health
    The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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    Weird
    The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.
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    Interesting
    The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
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    Countries & Places
    The Canary Islands were not named after a bird called the canary. They were named after a breed of dogs!
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    Weird
    The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
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