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Artic legend man talks to animals

There are arctic legends that speak of a time when man could understand and speak with whales. In fact, many legends worldwide speak of a time when people and animals understood each other.

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What is the deadliest animal in Africa?

Hippos have killed more than 400 people in Africa - more than any other wild animal.

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Strange fact about alcohol and societal norms

Among the Abipone people of Paraguay, individuals who abstain from alcohol are thought to be "cowardly, degenerate and stupid."

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The world's least appealing alcohol

Chicha, an alcohol beverage which has been made for thousands of years in Central and South America, begins with people chewing grain and spitting into a vat. An enzyme in saliva changes starch in the grain to sugar, which then ferments.

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Surprising fact about the prohibition

So confident were some people that alcohol was the cause of virtually all crime that, on the eve of Prohibition, some towns actually sold their jails.

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How much money are won in lotteries put together?

In 1996, lotteries in North America awarded $52 million in prizes every day – that’s $36,000 every minute, 24 hours a day. This didn’t just suddenly happen. Lotteries have been around nearly as long as civilization has been around. People love lotteries.

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In 1864 Abraham Lincoln could see a serious problem emerging

"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country . . . Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." Abraham Lincoln, 1864

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A surprising danger lurks on your desk

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

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A scary fact about personal ads

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

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Interesting fact about the declaration of independence

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776 John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, 1776 but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

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