Random Weird Facts

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    There is a city called "Batman" in Turkey.
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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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    Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    In 2007, a woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower.
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    In their early careers, Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan both took part in porn.
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    In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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    Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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