Evanston Township High School in Illinois played Justin Bieber's 'Baby' as a fundraiser between classes. Students had to pay to stop it. $1,000 was collected in 3 days.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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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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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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The Prince Charle Cinema in London has volunteer "ninjas" that hush obnoxious moviegoers.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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