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One woman out of two takes up to 50 pieces of clothing in her luggage for only two weeks of holidays.
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The green colour of this flag stands for the Catholics, orange for the Protestants, and white for the harmonious link between both religions.
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A CD has a radius of 4.7 in (12 cm) for a playtime of 74 minutes because it is also the playtime of Beethoven’s 9th symphony.
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The eradication of cats, due to superstitions and beliefs about witchcraft, allowed the spread of the plague.
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HARIBO comes from “HAns RIegel, BOnn”, creator of the company, followed by the name of the city where he created it.
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Before starting Apple in their garage, Steve Wozniak (and, to some extent, Steve Jobs himself) used to be quite well known in the Phreak/Blue Box community. Wozniak’ nickname was… “The Woz”!
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The modern pizza (as we know it nowadays) has been invented in 1889 by Raffaele Esposito.
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Georges Washington used to grow cannabis in his garden.
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