Random Interesting Facts

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    Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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    Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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    Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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    The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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    Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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    Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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    Chicken-Tasting Mushroom
    Chicken-Tasting Mushroom
    There's a mushroom that tastes like chicken and grows in the wild throughout much of the world.
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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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