In Mexico, artists can pay their taxes using artwork that they create.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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