Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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