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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.

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Thomas Edison taught his second wife Morse code so they could communicate in secret by tapping into each other’s hands when her family was around.

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In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.

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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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Students at the John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero, making it the highest grade and thereby getting 100%.

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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.

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CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m

Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.

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There is a bed called the Cuddle Mattress that it is divided into layers of foam for your arm to slip though.

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