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Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli convinced his hometwon in 2006 to build a theater where only one concert is given a year (by him). The theater stays silent the rest of the year.
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Classical “angels” are the lowest tier of God’s servants in traditional Christian Angelology. There are actually nine angelic orders, each with distinct responsibilities. The highest orders appear as firey beings with six wings, four-faced creatures covered in eyes, and chariot wheels.
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Iran has the second-highest rate of gender reassignment surgery in the world. The surgeries are government-funded. Such surgeries had been practiced in Iran since the 1930s.
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A 1949 BBC memo forbade employees to use desk lamps unless the main room light was on. The head of the Variety department believed that a man working at a desk in a confined space with only the light from a low-wattage lamp would nurture furtive ideas and produce degenerate programme material.
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80’s actress Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing film) credits a nose job with ruining her career. Of the experience she said, “I went in the operating room a celebrity—and came out anonymous.
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The king of Thailand, Rama X, whose birth name was Vajiralongkorn Borommachakkrayadisonsantatiwong Thewetthamrongsuboriban Aphikhunuprakanmahittaladunladet Phumiphonnaretwarangkun Kittisirisombunsawangkhawat Borommakhattiyaratchakuman, is the wealthiest ruler on Earth with a net worth of $30b.
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Llamas that spend too much time around humans are prone to Berserk Llama Syndrome. Such llamas believe that humans are fellow llamas, and sneak up behind them to attack.
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Llamas that spend too much time around humans are prone to Berserk Llama Syndrome. Such llamas believe that humans are fellow llamas, and sneak up behind them to attack.
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Edsel Ford Fong was called the “world’s rudest, worst, most insulting waiter” and worked at Sam Wo restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Fong is known for seating people with strangers, criticizing customer’s menu choices, slamming food on the table, and busing tables before people are finished eating.
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A 1968 NYC sanitation strike brought the city to its knees in 6 days. A 1970 Irish banker strike had no effect on the economy for 6 months.
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