Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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