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STRANGE BUT TRUE
Onions are the only commodity banned from futures trading in America.
Some New York City taxis are actually undercover cop cars.
When George Washington died, Napoleon Bonaparte gave a personal eulogy and ordered a 10-day mourning period for France.
Persian King Agha Mohammad Khan ordered the execution of two servants for being too loud. Since it was a holy day, he postponed the event for 24 hours and made the servants return to their duties. It turned out to be an unfortunate decision, as they murdered the ruler in his sleep that very night.
People are 30 times more likely to laugh at something if they’re with someone else.
Platypuses may be cute, but are also so odd-looking that when scientists first discovered them, they thought the animal was a hoax.
The man for whom Mount Everest was named, George Everest, didn’t want the honor, pointing out that his name was difficult to write or pronounce in Hindi and that all previous Himalayan peaks were officially given indigenous names.
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