The Amarekaire cannibals of Peru have 17 distinct recipes for cooking a human head.

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Ernest Hemingway wrote the first chapter of Old Man and the Sea while on the toilet.

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The game of checkers is banned in North Korea.

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The 'Maryland Chestnut Incident' of 1861 left nine people dead, one person paralyzed from the waist down and dozens of Christmas carolers behind bars.

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Sandpaper was invented by the Hopi Indians.

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The Cat in the Hat's first name is Abraham.

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Buzz Aldrin left a Playboy magazine on the surface of the moon.

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Michaelangelo carved his self portait into the locks of hair on the statue of David.

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The atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki wiped out a rare species of pigeon found nowhere else in the world.

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Plato had five wives and a lifelong male companion.

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Chihuahuas, when placed under extreme stress, have been known to eat their young.

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The world's largest health spa is located in Vatican City.

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The earliest known beverage coaster was discovered in the ruins of Pompeii.

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Contrary to popular belief, biblical scholars say Noah's ark was likely equipped with a set of sails.

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Mahatma Gandhi advocated the recreational use of opium.

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The original prototype for the Star Trek "Enterprise" spaceship was stolen from creator Gene Roddenberry's unlocked van.

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The five-dollar bill is slightly heavier than every other denomination of paper U.S. currency.

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Morphine is highly combustible.

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Richard Nixon lost a Frisbee on the roof of the White House.

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Professional sumo wrestlers pay income tax based on body weight.

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Boris Karloff survived a lightning strike.

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The Hubble telescope has a small Confederate flag decal affixed to the back of its solar array.

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Although he never received credit, Humphrey Bogart composed much of the music in the film "High Sierra."

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The Shroud of Turin was stored in an empty wine cask for almost 50 years.

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Attila the Hun wore a toupee.

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Mother Teresa spent three months in a Turkish prison.

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The U.S. Constitution contains four sentence fragments.

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The fatal Apollo 1 launch pad fire was partly caused by a misprint on an engineer's slide rule.

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Jesus Christ once flipped a shekel when deciding whether or not to heal a leper.

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Liberace coined the word "mantastic."

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Adolf Hitler had a twin brother who died at birth.

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