Random Strange Facts

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    In the Philippines there's a boy named "Lord Voldemort".
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    Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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    In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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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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    The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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    One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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