The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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A teen in Michigan built a working nuclear reactor. He taught himself how to build it as a weekend hobby project in his basement from ages 15-17 for $3500.
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There are actually seven different types of twins: Identical, Fraternal, Mirror-Image, Polar Body (Half Identical), Mixed Chromosome, Superfecundation, and Superfetation.
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The world record for alcohol consumption is by Andre the Giant, who drank 156 beers in one sitting (over 73 liters/16 gallons).
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