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Strange but True


The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave

them off



In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes



Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult



Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia



When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second

It takes glass one million years to decompose

which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times



Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada




During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants




The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old



In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces




In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons


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