The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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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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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.
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