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There's a "sea organ" built on the coast of Croatia that plays music like an organ when waves crash in and out of it.
In 2015, a Chinese billionaire bought a US$170 million painting by with his credit card so he could use the points for free airfare.
The South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar was, at various times, president of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
In 2016, North Korea accidentally leaked its DNS data, showing they only have 28 ".kp" domains. In comparison, there are 10 million ".uk" domains.
The Atlantic salmon's sense of smell is 1000 times greater than that of a dog.
The world's first traffic signal was short lived. Installed in London in 1868, it exploded less than a month later, injuring its policeman operator.
If a tree were planted for each Coca-Cola sold, we could reforest the Earth in three years.
Americans eat 500 million pounds of peanut butter a year, enough to coat the floor, of the Grand Canyon.
Monaco, at 2 sq km, is the world's most densely populated country. It has been ruled by the same family since 1419.
In 2014, a single parking space in London was sold for £400,000.
In Brazil, "Rio" is pronounced "Hio."
In 2002, an American bomber attempted to plant 18 bombs which, when they exploded, would form a giant smiley face.
NASA estimates that the near-Earth asteroid, Eros, contains 20 billion tons of gold.
The world's oldest fish hooks were found in a cave in Japan, dating from about 23,000 years ago.
After the Vietnam war, farmers recycled thousands of external fuel tanks from U.S. aircraft to create river boats and canoes
@TrK You are pushing todays comment count to unbeatable...
Onomatomania is the frustration at being unable to think of an appropriate word.
I am trying to end it on exactly 2500! will you inform me when i reach near so i can stop?
At the end of the WW2, U.S. censors kept the news of Germany's unconditional surrender secret from the public for 11 hours.
The human brain has enough memory to hold three million hours of television.
Kansas is flatter than a pancake.
The change from "Arthur Andersen" to "Accenture" was one of the most expensive rebrandings of all time at US$100 million.
74% of travelers feel the most stressful aspect of travel is figuring out the details, a study found.
One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 U.S. Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the U.S., it will automatically be accepted.
Anthophobia is the fear of flowers.
Hugo Chávez, as president of Venezuela, hosted a TV show every Sunday from 1999 to 2012.
Philip is Greek for "horse-lover."
The chemical name for titin, the world's largest known protein, is 189,819 letters long.
Disney was sued by a biologist for defaming the character of hyenas in The Lion King.