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    In Tunisia, you can book an overnight stay in Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home for only $10.
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    Giant Lego Replica of Pompeii
    Giant Lego Replica of Pompeii
    A man named Ryan McKnight spent 470 hours building a giant Lego replica of historic Roman town of Pompeii.
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    Dinosaur, Colorado
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
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    If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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    If you arrange the first letters of the names of the main characters in Inception, you would get DREAMS.
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    Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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    Some farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fear of bees and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers from having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood!
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    Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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