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Louis X of France died after a particularly exhausting game of tennis. He drank a large quantity of cooled wine and subsequently died of either pneumonia or pleurisy.
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When Albert Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity, the New York Times sent their golfing correspondent to interview him.
Parking in San Francisco is so scarce that the parking spot attached to your property can add up to $100,000 to the property's value.
The unemployment rate in Denmark is currently so low (4.3%) that Danish companies are desperate to find skilled laborers to hire.
There has never been reported death linked to overdosing on marijuana.
International flights carrying the Pope use the callsign "Shepherd One."
Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's were both founded by the same man, Nolan Bushnell.
There's a hotel in Japan staffed by robots. The check-in desk is an animatronic velociraptor.
Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It" caused a speaker to catch on fire during its recording.
Keanu Reeves turned down a $10 million offer for the main role in Speed 2, in favor of touring with his band and playing Hamlet in a theater production.
“Moonlight” was made for only $1.5 million. There hasn't been a Best Picture winner with a budget that low since “Rocky.”
In Russia, there's a "Temple of all Religions" which serves as a peaceful combination of different cultures.
When the King of Thailand sued his first wife for divorce, she was unable to defend herself in court because of a law forbidding criticism of the monarchy.
A 2013 study by Michigan State University found that unattractive people are more likely to be bullied in the workplace.
In 1795, Napoleon offered a 12,000-franc prize to anyone who could invent a way to preserve food and make it portable. A Parisian confectioner spent 15 years experimenting and won the prize.
The shortest Oscar Speech ever was given by Patty Duke in 1962, who at age 16, the youngest person to accept an Oscar in a competitive category, said "Thank You", and walked off the stage.
When Steve Jobs was 13, he was given a summer job by Bill Hewlett (of Hewlett Packard) after Jobs cold-called him to ask for parts for an electronics project.
59% of Americans believe online dating is a good way to meet people.
There are 80,000 ramen shops throughout Japan.
7.8 million premature global deaths could be avoided every year if people ate ten portions of fruits and vegetables a day.
In 2005, a fortune cookie company got the lottery numbers right, resulting in 110 winners and an investigation.
In 2016, a French worker sued his ex-employer for €360,000 because his job was "too boring."
Queen, the iconic rock band, was originally called Smile.
Although he lived in the United States for 40 years, Charlie Chaplin never applied for American citizenship. He was born in London.
In an agreement during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Krushchev agreed to remove all nuclear weapons from Cuba; he didn't - he left 100 missiles behind.
No one has ever gotten a perfect score on the gaokao, the 9-hour Chinese college entrance exam.
Only great apes (including humans), a single Asiatic elephant, dolphins, orcas, and the Eurasian magpie have been found to recognize themselves in the mirror.
The "high place phenomenon" is the sudden urge to jump off a high place, such as a bridge.
In 2016, a UPS driver who spotted "call 911" written on a package helped police free a woman who was being held captive in her own home.