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Russian Czar Peter the Great established a tax on beards.

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History
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Pull-tab cans were created because an engineer had to open his beer with a car bumper.

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History
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5 Things You Never Knew About the Human Voice

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7 Truly Bizarre Things People Have Sued Over

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Your sense of smell fluctuates throughout the day.

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The average hummingbird weighs less than a nickel.

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Animals & Nature
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People breathe roughly 20,000 times every day.

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Only one building outside Washington, D.C., is featured on U.S. banknotes.

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Geography
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  1. The human circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.

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  2. You can request a new Social Security number if yours contains 666.

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  3. Mount Everest is still growing.

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  4. Flamingos can sleep standing on one leg.

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  5. PEZ candy was created to help people quit smoking.

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  6. Brass doorknobs can sterilize themselves after about eight hours.

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