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During WWII, a Dutch warship disguised as a tropical island to escape detection by the Japanese.
It escaped and was the only ship of its class to survive.
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People are generally more honest when physically tired. This is why people confess things during late night conversations.
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A university in NETHERLANDS lets you LIE IN A GRAVE FOR A WHILE, so that you can REFLECT upon life & came back refreshed with new thoughts
It's called PURIFICATION GRAVE.
Interested ?
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Jackie Chan holds the Guinness World Record for the Most Stunts by a living Actor!

And due to this reason, No insurance company underwrites Jackie Chan’s productions!!
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The 2011 Japan Earthquake was so powerful (9.0 magnitude) that it shortened days on Earth by 1.8 micro seconds
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Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could always have FRESH milk.
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The cinema of Nigeria, often referred to as Nollywood, is the second largest film industry in the world in number of annual film productions, placing it ahead of the HOLLYWOOD and behind only Indian cinema, our own BOLLYWOOD!!!
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Navaratri is perhaps the ONLY festival where the Priest Begs !
The clay for the pooja must be collected from the house of a Vaishya & its the priest who must beg for it.
Clearly shows Mother Goddess doesn't discriminate between her children
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Stephen Wiltshire, is a British Artist who can draw a landscape from Memory after seeing it JUST ONCE.
He can draw entire cities from memory after just a short single Helicoptor ride.
Once he drew even the EXACT NUMBER OF COLUMNS in the Pantheon of ROME !
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The mangrove RIVULUS FISH flings itself onto land when the water gets TOO HOT,
much like humans jump into water when the land gets too hot!!
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Live Broadcasts are actually not LIVE!
Live Relay is about 7 seconds delayed to prevent mistakes or unacceptable content from being broadcast.
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ELECTIONS IN THE USA is always held on a TUESDAY.......
because in 1845 farmers often needed a full day to travel by horse-drawn vehicles to the county seat to vote.
Farmers would leave Monday, vote on Tuesday and be back in time for market day, which was on Wednesday.
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In 2010, a passenger caused the CRASH of a Flight to Congo by secretely bringing his Personal Crocodile abroad.
The crocodie escaped causing panic abroad the flight eventually leading to its Crash!!
Forwarded from BHAKTI SAGAR
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On the occasion of Dussehra thousand of people (lenghty queue upto 3-4 Kms is seen) to  WORSHIP RAVANA at the Dashanan temple in Kanpur for the annual ritual chanting "RAVAN NAMAH".
 The temple is only opened on the day of Dussehra and after worshipping Ravana, the temple is closed for the entire year. Devotees offer ridged gourd (taroi), flowers and mustard oil lamp to Ravana for seeking the blessings and good luck.
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All the Batteries on Earth store just 10 minutes of World's electricity needs!

But if just 3% of Sahara Desert is covered with SOLAR PANELS, it can meet the power needs of Whole World
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Dont let their huge bodies cheat you, Elephants are in fact excellent swimmers.
They can even swim completely submerged using all the Four legs to paddle and guess what, they can even swim for 6 hours at a stretch
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Buddhism predicts its own demise. We are currently in the 2nd thousand years of the Dharma-Ending stage and there are 9000 years left before all Buddhist teachings have been lost or forgotten.
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LOW TEA and HIGH TEA refer to the heights of the TABLES they are eaten on, not how fancy they are.
LOW TEA is a classy social affair taken on a LOW TABLE
whereas
HIGH TEA is a bigger meal eaten off a regular height dining table.
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Dont let their huge bodies cheat you, Elephants are in fact excellent swimmers.
They can even swim completely submerged using all the Four legs to paddle and guess what, they can even swim for 6 hours at a stretch