There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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