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World’s Tiniest McDonald’s

The tiniest McDonald’s in the world is in Sweden. But it’s just for bees.

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Canada Has the Most Number of Lakes

Canada has the highest number of lakes in the world. In fact, 62% of all the lakes in the world are in Canada, that’s more than the rest of the world’s lakes put together.

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Pokémon Anime Banned in Turkey Due to Fear of Children’s Safety

In 2000, Turkey banned the Pokémon anime when a seven-year-old girl jumped off a fifth story balcony believing herself to be a Pokémon with superpowers and broke her leg.

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A 25-Year-Old Frozen Embryo

In 2017, Emma Gibson, who was frozen as an embryo in 1992, was born to a mother born in 1991.

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Happiest Country in the World

Finland ranks No. 1 as the happiest country in the world.

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Restaurant Grills Food Over a Volcano

The Spanish restaurant El Diablo grills its food over an active volcano.

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The Entire Population of this Alaskan Town Live in Two Buildings

The entire population of the Alaskan town of Whittier lives in just two buildings. The bigger, 14-floor building, has a grocery store, school, post office, church, bed and breakfast, and the whole city government. Located 60 miles from Anchorage, the town can be reached by sea, air, rail and a one-way tunnel.

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The Incredible Vastness of Australia’s Shoreline

Australia has more than 12,000 beaches along its 50,000-kilometer shoreline. It would take you more than 32 years to visit them all if you visited one beach per day.

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The World’s Smallest Park Is Only Two Feet in Diameter

This is Mill Ends Park, a tiny urban park two feet in diameter in Portland, Oregon, that holds the Guinness World Record for the Smallest Park.

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Pepperoni Is Not as Old as You Might Think

Pepperoni is a relatively new invention created by Italian immigrants to America in 1919.

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The French Road that Disappears Twice a Day

This road in France, known as Passage du Gois,can only be used twice a day. This is because twice a day, it disappears under 13 feet of water due to the high tide.

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Jet Li Turned Down The Matrix Reloaded Role to Keep Rights to His Moves

Jet Li turned down the role of Seraph in The Matrix Reloaded because the producers wanted to own the IP rights to his moves by recording and copying them into a digital library for future use.

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HP’s Oversight that Could Have Led to Potentially Grave Security Issues

In 2017, a security researcher found keylogging code preinstalled on HP laptops which, if enabled, could record keystrokes and lead to serious security issues. Over 460 models including EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion, and Envy ranges were affected by it more than once.

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Least Densely Populated Country in the World

At only 0.14 people per square kilometer, Greenland is the least densely populated country in the world.

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Colonel Sanders’ Surprise Visits to KFC Restaurants

Even after he sold KFC, Colonel Sanders often made surprise visits and declared the food a “God-damned slop” if he was disappointed or threw trays of chicken onto the floor. In 1975, the owner brought an unsuccessful libel suit against him for publicly calling the gravy a “sludge” with “wallpaper taste.”

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Japanese Artist’s Zipper Ship that Seemingly Opens the River

Japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki designed this “Zip-Fastener Ship” so that its wake looks like a zipper opening the river.

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The Real Reason Treadmills Were Invented

Invented in 1818, the original purpose of treadmills was to punish English prisoners.

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The Single Basketball Shot that Saved Thousands from a Tornado

In 2008, Alabama basketball player Mykal Riley made a three-point shot sending the game into overtime keeping the 15,000 fans inside the Georgia Dome stadium when an EF2 tornado passed by. Had he missed the shot, many of them would’ve been in the parking lot right in the tornado’s path.

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The Bridge that Turns Into an Underwater Tunnel

This stunning Øresund Bridge transforms into an underwater tunnel on the way from Sweden to Denmark.

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Keanu Reeves Was Never Nominated for These Awards

Keanu Reeves neither won nor was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, or an Emmy Award in any category.

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Forgetting Things Isn’t Such a Bad Thing After All

According to neuroscientists at University of Toronto, forgetting information is actually a sign of high intelligence, especially if the information is irrelevant.

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Australian Coordinates Shift by Seven Centimeters Every Year

In 2016, the GPS coordinates in Australia had to be shifted by 1.5 meters to adjust for continental drift after the 1994 adjustment. Every year, the Australian plate moves northeast by seven centimeters, making it one of the fastest moving plates in the world.

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Real Truth Behind the Amazing Costumes of Game of Throne’s Night’s Watch

The iconic black fur capes worn by the Night’s Watch in Game of Thrones were actually cheap Ikea rugs.

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Monstrously Colossal Cruise Ship: Icon of the Seas

The world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, is set to sail in January 2024. The colossal ship is 1,200 feet long, five times larger than the Titanic, can host 5,610 passengers and 2,350 crew members, has 19 floors, 20 decks with bars and restaurants, the largest waterparks at sea, and even a mini-golf course.

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Kenyan Athlete’s Gold Medal Brought Her Village Electricity

When Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon won the gold medal in the women’s 1,500-meter race in the 2016 Rio Olympics, her village received electricity.