More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet. One in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime.
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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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There's a regenerative candle that creates a new candle as it melts.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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The Prince Charle Cinema in London has volunteer "ninjas" that hush obnoxious moviegoers.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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