Random Weird Facts

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    Disney's first choice to play Jack Sparrow was Jim Carrey.
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    In 2007, a woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower.
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    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    There is a family with a genetic condition that makes their skin blue, who have been isolated in rural Kentucky for generations.
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    Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    'Licking' and 'Butts' Are Actual Places in Missouri, US
    There's a city named 'Licking' and a town named 'Butts' in the state of Missouri.
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    Parents receive 1 out of every 5 Valentines.
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