It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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Sniffologists have the job of sniffing armpits.
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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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There is a city called "Batman" in Turkey.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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