There's a company in Switzerland called Algordanza that will turn your ashes into a diamond for your family.
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In Albania, nodding your head means 'no' and shaking your head means 'yes'.
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The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
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Until 1990, the deadly poison mercury was used in about 30% of latex paints!
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One punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her chase a chicken through town naked.
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Your home is ten times more likely to have a fire than be burglarized!
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A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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