In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
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The widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead-end staircases to confuse the ghosts of the people who were killed by her husband's rifles.
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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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