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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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    Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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    Monowi, Nebraska
    Monowi, Nebraska
    "Monowi" is a town in Nebraska that has a population of 1; the Mayor pays taxes to herself.
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    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
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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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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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