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Honey hunters in Mozambique use special calls to recruit the services of birds known as honeyguides. The birds lead the humans to bees' nests and in return, they get the leftover beeswax.
All new FBI special agents and intelligence analysts are required to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
While dinosaurs roamed the earth, they lived on every continent, including Antarctica.
The blue whale’s heart is the size of a VW Beetle and weighs up to 1,000 lbs (453 kg).
A baby puffin is called a puffling, and both parents take turns incubating the egg before it hatches.
One of the most widely used symbols for medical assistance is actually the Swiss flag and not a medical symbol.
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Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia on January 25, 1819.
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The first installment of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle appears in the May 1819 edition of The Sketch Book.
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The American steamship "Savannah" crosses the Atlantic Ocean in 29 days, arriving in Liverpool, England, on June 20, 1819.
Until 2007, slavery was legal in Mauritania. Even still, 1-4% of the population is still living as slaves.
In 1985, Aretha Franklin's voice was declared a "natural resource" of the state of Michigan.
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A man named Ronald MacDonald robbed Wendy’s in 2005.
Ben and Jerry originally wanted to start a bagel company. The partners ended up in the ice cream business because they couldn’t afford a bagel machine.
The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386 and still stands today.
At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer.
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Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson proves that tomatoes are not poisonous by eating one in public on September 28, 1820.
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On November 20, 1820, the Nantucket, MA, whaling ship Essex sinks after being attacked by a sperm whale. The event inspires Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby Dick.
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The Adams-Onís Treaty is ratified in 1821, in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States in exchange for America's renunciation of any claims on Texas following the Louisiana Purchase and $15 million.
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The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper on August 4, 1821.
Before finally being accepted, J.K. Rowling’s original Harry Potter pitch was rejected by 12 publishers.
A cough can propel saliva droplets as far as 20 feet at speeds up to 25 to 50 mph.
In 1992, a shipping crate containing 28,000 rubber duckies fell overboard. They washed up around the world for the next 20 years.
Japan is home to about a dozen "cat islands"—places where cats significantly outnumber people.
After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.
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During his State of the Union Address on December 2, 1823, President James Monroe introduces the "Monroe Doctrine" declaring that European attempts to recolonize the Americas would be considered a hostile act towards the United States.
Ironically, the only member of ZZ Top without a beard has the last name Beard.
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Although Andrew Jackson wins the popular vote, the 1824 presidential election is decided by the U.S. House of Representatives when none of the four candidates (John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay) wins a majority of the electoral votes. The House chooses Adams on February 9, 1825.
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The first boat leaves Buffalo, NY, enroute to New York City via the Erie Canal on October 26, 1825.
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Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine (named the "Gas or Vapor Engine") on April 1, 1826.