In Czech Republic, women are entitled to up to 4 years of paid maternity leave, increasing to 7 years if the child is disabled.
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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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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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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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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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