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Unnecessary Knowledge
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Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
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An adult giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
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The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death
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Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people.
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Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India.
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On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
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45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
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It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.
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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.