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For the american edition of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, 217 475 trees were cut.
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Mansuetus and Lynx, Spontex administrators, got married in fall 2007.
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The world’s smallest book is “Teeny Ted From Turnip Town”, and measures 0.1mm by 0.07mm.
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Most pirates had two eyes in perfect condition, but kept an eye patch on one of them to keep it adjusted to darkness, facilitating night navigation and the passage from the upper deck (in daylight) to lower bridges (very dark).
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In the Star Wars universe, there are spaceships, laser beams, anti-gravitational modules but the holographic communications sound like a 1920’s phone.
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Before becoming a battle cry in the mouth of kamikaze, “Banzai” was used to express respect for the emperor, wishing him happiness and longevity, and it is still in use today.
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Osama Bin Laden and Chuck Norris celebrate their birthdays on the same day!
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In 2005, a Welsh rugby fan named Geoff Huish had so little faith in his national team’s victory against England that he declared : “If Wales win, I’ll cut my balls off.”
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LSD is the most expensive material available. When comparing the price per kilo, LSD is 4 times as expensive as diamonds.
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The longest swimming pool in the world is located in Algarrobo, Chile, and is 1,013 meters long.
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According to a survey, young people consider that music is even more important than sex.
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Coke in a glass bottle tastes better than coke in a can, which, in turn, tastes better than fast-food’s one.
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Almost everybody has a number of feet above the average of the population.
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