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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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    School Janitors in Japan
    School Janitors in Japan
    Most Japanese schools don't have dedicated janitors. Instead, children do the daily cleaning, which originated from the Buddhist traditions that associate cleaning with morality.
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    The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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    Ant Graveyard
    Ant Graveyard
    Ants have graveyards.
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    To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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