In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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Elephants are among the most emotional creatures in the world - they have even been known to rescue other animals, such as trapped dogs.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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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 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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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