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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There's a road in Lancaster, CA that has grooves carved in such a way that when you drive over them at 55 MPH, they will play a part of Rossini's "The William Tell Overture."
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In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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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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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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