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When George Washington died in 1799, Napoleon ordered 10 days of  nationwide mourning in France.

Thanks to his Internet popularity, "success kid" made enough money  to fund his dad's kidney transplant.

Some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors to detect radar detector detectors to prevent detection.

If one attempted suicide (by hanging, for instance in 19th century in Britain and failed to die, he/she would be charged with attempted murder.. which could be punished with death by hanging.

Professional ballet dancers can go through four pairs of pointe shoes in a week.

In 2010, During a heat wave Siberian bears begun to dig up cemeteries and eat the corpses of humans.

The raised floors in Japanese buildings help indicate where occupants to a home should take off their footwear.

When we are threatened, we do our best to make other people believe we are good people.

In 1966  French President Charles de Gaulle demanded that all American military personnel leave France. American President Loyndon Johnson asked if that order applied to American soldiers in French cemeteries.

In Sweden it is illegal to name your baby Metallica, Superman, Veranda, Ikea or Elvis

In 2004 Google anonymously posted math equation on billboards in Harvard square and Silicon Valley that if solved led to a website with another equation, which in turned allowed you to submit your resume.

Abraham Lincoln created the secret service just hours before he was assassinated.

There was a  cloning project  to revive the extinct Ibex, which resulted in a female being cloned back in to existence. However, it died 7 minutes later, making his species extinct again.

Hitler's Doctors injected with him a solution of water and  methamphetamine saying that was which  he called  "vitamultin". He kept a diary of the drugs he administered to Hitler, usually by injecting (up to 20 times a day). The list include drugs such as  heroin as well as poisons.

Butt is a medieval unit of measurement for wine. A butt load of wine is 129 gallons.

At an Amazon warehouse in PA, during hot summers the company would station paramedics outside to carry away fainting employees, instead of paying for A/C

People who regularly help others are significantly happier and less likely to become depressed as they become older.