In 2003, after a visit to the American Southwest, the Crown Prince of Dubai had a Texas-shaped swimming pool constructed at his royal palace.

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Bruce Lee was a third cousin of one of the Watergate burglars.

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Every ant on Earth, queued up in single file, would form a line long enough to wrap around the equator more than 1,000 times.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger was instrumental in the formation of the WNBA.

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English Heritage, the body that oversees Stonehenge, considered selling the site to a Japanese conglomerate during a budget crisis in the 1980s.

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There is no word for "yesterday" in the Eskimo language.

Submitted by Matt G.

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An ounce of pickled ginger can temporarily raise your IQ by as many as 10 points.

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Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright was secretly commissioned to design key portions of the Pentagon.

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The signature mixed drink served on board the Hindenburg was called the "Flaming Drop."

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One module of the International Space Station is devoted exclusively to the manufacture of synthetic diamonds.

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In Ireland, it's illegal to lie to your parents.

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Andy Warhol painted his last will and testament on a 55-gallon drum of formaldehyde.

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The first duct (or 'duck') tape, created for the U.S. military during World War II, could be boiled and eaten as an emergency ration.

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Elvis Presley suffered from a mild case of narcolepsy.

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The word "dictionary" was not included in the first dictionary.

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A novelty pet store in Japan sells live seahorses equipped with tiny saddles.

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According to a recent survey, adult bedwetting is more common among Republicans than Democrats.

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William Golding's classic novel "Lord of the Flies" became a short-lived tv soap opera in Europe in the 1960s.

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Dromedary camels can walk a perfectly straight line for hundreds of miles with their eyes closed.

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George Custer had webbed toes.

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Gelatin cubes resonate to the key of C.

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More pocket protectors were sold in 1990 than were sold in 1960.

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The first chalk body outline was drawn around John Dillinger's corpse.

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A typical hockey slap shot spins the puck at about 33 rpm.

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Albert Einstein could never remember his own phone number.

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Flying champagne corks cause an average of 250 eye injuries worldwide every year.

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Plaid is the national color of Scotland.

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Cuttlefish are chronic masturbators. They only ever stop to eat, or, if they still have the energy, to mate.

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Men who part their hair on the right side tend to live longer than men who part their hair on the left.

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Jim Morrison was buried without pants.

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