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Australians eat “Democracy Sausages”
In Australia, it’s a tradition to eat sausages at polling places on election day. These are called “democracy sausages “ and…
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This is only a test
Approximately 1,000,000 dogs are listed as heirs to their owner’s wills in the USA.
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Disney is the world’s second largest purchaser of gunpowder!
Disney is only second to the US Department of Defence, and is also the world’s largest purchaser of fireworks.
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The Architects’ Birthday Blueprint
The Co-designer of the London Eye, David Marks, shares a birthday with Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower in…
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The Shortest Road in the World
The coastal town of Wick is a former Viking village, which during the 19th century had one of Europe’s busiest herring ports….
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First Script
The earliest evidence of writing comes from Mesopotamia. From around 3300 BCE, the Sumerians, who lived in southern Mesopotamia, began to…