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The first modern coin-operated vending machines were invented by Percival Everitt in 1833. They were first introduced in London in the United Kingdom in the early 1880s, dispensing post cards. The machines were popular and soon became a widespread feature at railway stations and post offices.
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Quantum Immortality is a thought experiment according to which self conscious beings cannot experience death. According to the experiment, the self conscious being’s mind would just switch to another reality in which its death did not occur.
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In 1886, the Germans sent a mission to Chile to help train and modernise the Chilean army. As a result of the Germans overhaul of their army, the ceremonial uniforms, weapons and marching songs are all German or German based, and military parades look like a step into Germany 150 years ago.
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Called a real-life Lord of the Flies, the Tongan Castaways, six boys who stole a boat and were stranded on a deserted island in 1965, staying there for 15 months before rescue, built a “commune” with a garden, permanent fire, gym, and badminton court.
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Saddam Hussein once pranked his guests by adding tabasco to koftas he cooked for them- some of the panicked guests initially fearing that the paranoid dictator had poisoned them.
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A Latvian man evaded the Soviets in bunkers in the woods for the entirety of the 50 year Soviet occupation. He came put when the last Soviet troops left, age 70.
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Tom Cruise was diagnosed with dyslexia at 6 yrs old and graduated high school as a functional illiterate, relying on his sister for help with schoolwork. He was in movies like Taps and Risky Business before learning to read in 1986 when he became a scientologist, the year Top Gun was released.
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Trinity Southern University was sued for allegedly selling fake degree after investigators were able to obtain a fake college degree for their cat.
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Before 1762, there was no influential prescribed English grammar rules, but a desire within the middle class to teach their children to speak like the upperclass prompted Bishop Robert Lowth to publish the prescriptive grammar book which has been the foundation of current English grammar.
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The oldest amusement park is in Denmark. Bakken, located in Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen, opened in 1583 and is currently the oldest operating amusement park in the world. The park claims to have over 150 attractions, including a wooden roller coaster built in 1932.
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