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    Business
    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    Celebrity
    Donald Trump Cashed a 13 Cent Cheque?!
    In 1989, Spy Magazine sent cheques for 13 cents to some of the richest and most famous people to see who would cash them. The only two to do so were Donald Trump and an international arms dealer.
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    Animal
    Cows Have Best Friends
    Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.
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    Interesting
    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    History
    Pirate Jean Lafitte Countered Governor's $500 Bounty for Him with a $5,000 Bounty for Governor
    When pirate Jean Lafitte saw the governor advertising a $500 reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the capture of the governor.
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    Technology
    The UK Has a Bus Service That Is Powered by Poop
    In the UK, there's a bus service that's powered by poop.
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    Technology
    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    Weird
    The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876
    In 1876, there was a mysterious shower of meat that rained down from the sky for several minutes on a Kentucky town. It is now known as the Kentucky Meat Shower.
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