The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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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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Your spit has a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine. It contains a substance called opiorphin that is stronger than morphine.
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The world's tallest snowman was created in Bethel, Maine in 2008. It measured in at 122 feet / 1 inch and weighed 13,000,000 lbs.
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