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1.   Bats can live for a long time, with some species living up to 30 years in the wild.

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2.   President John F. Kennedy bought 1,200 hand-rolled Cuban cigars just hours before he made them illegal.

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3.   The oldest known land animal fossil is the millipede, which lived around 425 million years ago.

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4.   The sun is about 4.5 billion years old, but it's not even halfway through its lifespan. It's like a teenager in cosmic years!

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5.   1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car ever sold at auction, fetching a record $48.4 million.

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6.   According to Guinness World Records, the longest-reigning living monarch is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who succeeded to the throne on February 6, 1952. She has reigned without interruption for 68 years as of February 2020.

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7.   Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, worked as a nurse's aide during World War I.

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8.   TITSUP is a military acronym for Total Inability To Support Usual Performance.

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9.   It takes Mars 687 Earth days to orbit the Sun.

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10.   James W. Rodgers was sentenced to death by firing squad. When asked for a final statement, Rodgers said, "I done told you my last request … a bulletproof vest."

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11.   You can die from a broken heart. The medical term for it is stress cardiomyopathy.

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12.   Barbara Soaper, from Michigan, gave birth to her three children on 08/08/08, 09/09/09, and 10/10/10, respectively.

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13.   Elvis Presley's middle name was Aaron, adding an interesting piece of trivia to the legacy of the "King of Rock and Roll."

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14.   Approximately 50% of all the gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in Witwatersrand in South Africa.

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15.   Videogamer spent six months looking for the person who killed his online character in a virtual knife fight during a game of Counterstrike. He finally found the foe living only a few miles away and then stabbed him in the chest.

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