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Amazing Facts & Trivia (23rd Edition)

Here are some AMAZING FACTS & TRIVIA

  1. Tasmania is home to the cleanest air in the world.
  2. Pall Mall in England was the first street anywhere to be illuminated by gaslights in 1807.
  3. In Japan, there are vending machines that offer wigs for your dog. I’m not kidding!
  4. Deep sea ribbon worms will consume themselves (up to 95%) if food is scarce and still live.
  5. Before he was a wanted FBI criminal, John Dillinger was a professional baseball player.
  6. The Beatles song, Strawberry Fields Forever, is a Liverpool orphanage that John would visit.
  7. Horror icon Robert Englund (Freddy Kruger) encouraged Mark Hamill to audition for Star Wars.
  8. You can see more meteors in the sky after midnight than before 12am.
  9. Former 007 star Pierce Brosnan was a fire-eater in the circus before he became an actor.
  10. In Athens, Greece, an officer can take away your driver’s license for not bathing or poor clothing!
  11. What was the first video game played in space? It was Tetris, played on a Game Boy.
  12. In Las Vegas, it’s illegal to pawn your dentures.
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