"72% of US online shoppers have a PayPal account. "
"After WWI, the Australian military started “The Great Emu War,” where they tried to cull emus with machine guns and the emus mostly won."
"Tanzania has one of the highest rates of Albinism in the world and often Albinos are hunted by witch doctors to make potions."
"There is a mental psychosis known as Jerusalem syndrome which is the phenomenon whereby a person who seems previously balanced and devoid of any signs of psychopathology becomes psychotic after arriving in Jerusalem. "
"China has a 5,000 km underground tunnel system that is used to store and transport nukes to their silos. It’s called the Underground Great Wall of China. "
"In ancient Egypt, any books found in ships coming into port, would be brought immediately to the library of Alexandria and be copied. The original would be kept in the library and the copy given back to the owner."
"“Stayin’ Alive” by Bee Gees was used in a study to train medical staff to perform CPR. The song has close to 104 beats per minute, and 100-120 chest compressions per minute are recommended by the British Heart Foundation. "
"Vin Diesel’s very first film role was in the acclaimed film ‘Awakenings’, where he briefly appeared as a hospital orderly."
"Due to alleged contract disputes and the claim of a mild back injury, Tobey Maguire was nearly fired from Spider-Man 2 and replaced by Jake Gyllenhaal."
"There was a war in Switzerland in 1802 called Stecklikrieg that was fought out with wooden clubs because Napoleon took away their weapons."
"The Roman numeral IV was originally IIII and made Roman multiplication simpler with less memorization."
"Thundersnow is an unusual kind of thunderstorm with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain."
"In Italy, six scientists were charged with manslaughter because they didn’t predict an earthquake which killed 309 people."
"Draco, the Ancient Greek legislator wrote the first code of law in Athens. Over time his laws were seen as increasingly harsh and punitive, which is why we say a law is “draconian” when the punishment is too extreme for the crime."
"There is a hotel in Kenya that also serves as a giraffe sanctuary, and the giraffes stick their heads into the windows to get snacks at breakfast time. "
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#7 That song is a perfectly named coincidence.