In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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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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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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