In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Those who get out of bed by 7am are more likely to be thinner and happier.
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There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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