The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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