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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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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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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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
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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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