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Only 43 people have been known to have ‘golden blood,’ the rarest blood type.

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6 Common Foods That Can Be Toxic 

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Planet Earth colored purple

Did Earth Used To Be Purple?

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Bubblegum vending machines

McDonald’s once tried making bubble gum-flavored broccoli.

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View of Mount Erebus in Antarctica

Antarctica has active volcanoes.

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As common eating utensils, chopsticks in Asia are about 2,000 years older than the fork in Europe.

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Bananas are curved because they grow toward the sun.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ originally included Jesus’ feet.

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  1. There’s a dog breed that doesn’t bark.

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  2. The Statue of Liberty was originally brown.

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  3. John Steinbeck’s dog ate the first draft of ‘Of Mice and Men.’

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  4. Napoleon had an older brother who moved to New Jersey.

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  5. ‘Black Friday’ once referred to employees calling in sick after Thanksgiving.

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  6. Jackson, Mississippi, lies atop a dormant volcano.

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