Random Strange Facts

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    Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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    Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    Australian Graham Barker has been collecting his own belly button fluff every day since 1984 - keeping it in storage jars.
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    In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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    Pteronophobia
    Pteronophobia
    The fear of being tickled by feathers is known as Pteronophobia.
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    Japanese Closet Squatter
    Japanese Closet Squatter
    In 2008, a Japanese man noticed his food going missing, so he set up a webcam and found that a woman had been living in his closet for a year.
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    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    There is a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death.
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