After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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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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By weight, Bone is five times stronger than steel.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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