30 Strange Facts That Border On WTF
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1. Some studies have shown that talking to yourself in third person can help you make better financial decisions.
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2. Cops can perform surveillance on the front of your home for 10 weeks without a warrant.
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3. Exposure to short flashes of light at night could help sleeping travelers adjust to new time zones and avoid jet lag.
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4. Worldwide, women earn US$18 trillion per year... but spend US$28 trillion.
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5. The winner of the 2015 French-language Scrabble World Championships doesn't actually speak French.
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6. A snail can sleep soundly for as long as three years.
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7. Women are typically better than men at identifying smells.
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8. There are towns called "Cool" and "Squabbletown" in California.
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9. "Ladies Night" (or at least, the concept of it) is illegal in California and three other states because of gender discrimination.
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10. In Newfoundland, Canada, the Atlantic Ocean sometimes freezes. In fact, people play hockey on it when it does.
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11. Couples who are in love sometimes synchronize their heart rates after gazing into each others' eyes.
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12. In 2014, a prisoner escaped in Arizona to spend Valentine's Day with his girlfriend.
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13. In Nevada, an old law dictates that it is illegal to kiss with a mustache.
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14. In Spanish, the word "esposas" means both "wives" and "handcuffs."
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15. Svangerskabsforebyggende middel is a Danish word for "condom" -- imagine having to say that word during intimacy.
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16. There's a "DUMB Starbucks" where every product has the word "dumb" in front of it -- perfect for those of us who hate to love it and love to hate it.
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17. The word pencil comes from a Latin word. It means "small penis."
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18. The American secret service attempted to add female hormones to Hitler's food.
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19. The word "mortgage" comes from a French word that means "death contract."
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20. In Oklahoma, there's a law that states it's illegal to take a bite out of another person's hamburger.
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21. In ancient Greece, if you wanted to declare love for someone, you threw an apple at them.
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22. Mariah Carey's legs are insured for one billion dollars.
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23. Charlie Sheen once bought 2,600 seats at a baseball game so he could ensure he'd be the only one to catch a home run ball.
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24. In Victoria, Australia, only a licensed electrician is technically allowed to change a light bulb.
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25. Jim Carrey used to send funny letters to rapper Tupac Shakur when he was in prison, just to keep him entertained.
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26. In the Arabic version of The Simpsons, Homer is called Omar Shamshoom.
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27. By 2020, China could have between 30 million and 40 million men who cannot find wives.
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28. Divorce is still illegal in the Philippines.
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29. Hydrangeas are one of very few plants that accumulate aluminium -- in fact, it's what gave them their color.
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30. It's totally okay to sleep at work in Japan -- if you're that exhausted, it implies you're working really, really hard.
Some studies have shown that talking to yourself in third person can help you make better financial decisions.
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