While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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The world's tallest snowman was created in Bethel, Maine in 2008. It measured in at 122 feet / 1 inch and weighed 13,000,000 lbs.
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