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![Before alarm clocks were invented, there was a profession called a knocker-up, which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they were awake. It lasted into the 1920s.]()
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![Every year 1,000 letters arrive in Jerusalem, Israel, addressed to God.]()
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![The beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia until 2013.]()
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![Your heart can keep beating even if it is separated from the body because it has its own electrical impulse.]()
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![Nazis built fake airfields to fool their enemies. The British found out and dropped fake bombs on it!]()
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![Since 1945 all British tanks have come equipped with tea making facilities.]()
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![Elephant females can have babies until they are about 50 years old.]()
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![A zebra's stripy coat disperses more than 70% of the incoming heat, preventing the animal from overheating in the African sun.]()
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During chillier seasons, worker bees can live for nine months. But in the summer, they rarely last longer than six weeks - they literally work themselves to death! -
Wolves run on their toes, which helps them to stop and turn quickly and to prevent their paw pads from wearing down.
