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There's a special plate called a 'Go Plate' that can be used for drinking and eating while standing around.

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Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.

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There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.

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Elephants are among the most emotional creatures in the world - they have even been known to rescue other animals, such as trapped dogs.

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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's a caterpillar that looks like Caterpie from Pokémon.

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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.

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A man named Ryan McKnight spent 470 hours building a giant Lego replica of historic Roman town of Pompeii.

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