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September 7, 2013
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The story of "Aladdin" in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Aka Arabian Nights) has no authentic Arabic textual source and was added by its French translator, Antoine Galland.

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A casino's database was hacked through a smart fish tank thermometer.

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A baby elephant struck by a motorbike while crossing a road in Thailand survived after an off-duty rescue worker performed CPR on it. The man had worked in rescue for 26 years and performed dozens of CPR attempts on humans, but the elephant was the first victim he had ever managed to revive.

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When Helium is cooled close to absolute zero, it becomes a superfluid that flows without friction, and behaves in a similar manner to the event horizon of a black hole.

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Researchers found that deaf people with schizophrenia who 'hear voices' often visualise hallucinations of moving lips or disembodied hands and arms making sign language movements.

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The most remote inhabited place on earth, the island of Tristan da Cunha, is 1250 miles from the next closest inhabited location. With no airstrip and out of civilian helicopter flying range, the fastest way to travel to it is a 6 day boat journey from South Africa.

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The kri-kri, a rare wild goat in Crete and a few nearby small islands, represents a "snapshot" of ancient domestic goats as it descends from goats imported by the Minoan civilization, derived from goats domesticated in the Levant approximately 10,000 years ago.

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The only factory in the world that produces Coffee Crisp is located in Toronto, Canada, and that the chocolate bar itself is sold almost exclusively in Canada.

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The Led Zeppelin song “Dazed and Confused” is originally written by Jake Holmes. Led Zeppelin recorded it in 1969, but didn't credit Holmes. In the 1980’s Holmes approached the band about song writing credit but was ignored. The band didn't respond until 2010 when Holmes filed a lawsuit.

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Camels store upwards of 30kg of nutrient rich fat in their humps. During times of famine and drought, the fat is absorbed to nourish the camel and the hump actually goes limp like a deflated balloon when the fat is depleted.

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