In 1995, scammers based in Nigeria defrauded the director of a Brazilian bank out of $242 million, including selling him a fake airport. 

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Since 2010, Google has been acquiring an average of one company every week

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If you are trying to sleep, avoid the color blue. Blue decreases the production of melatonin (one of the hormones resonsible for sleep) because it is the color of the sky, making the brain believe that it is day time and not time for sleep.

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Ace Greenberg, former CEO of Bear Stearns, donated $ 1 million so that poor, impotent men could have Viagra.

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In 1986, an Indian flight attendant named Neerja Bhanot was on plane that got hijacked. The terrorists were targeting Americans, so Bhanot hid the passports of 43 Americans on board, helped passengers escape, and died while shielding three children from a hail of gunfire.

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The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 and takes 72 hours to make.

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Nuns were accused of embezzling half a million dollars from catholic school to gamble in Vegas.

They went straight from "What would Jesus do" to "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"😂😂

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Paul walker was in a jewelry store one day when he noticed a young U.S. military veteran with his fiancee shopping for a wedding ring. Paul went to the manager and said: "Put that girls ring on my tab."

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In 2013, two men tried to rob a restaurant but were told by the owner to come back after an hour. When the men returned back after an hour, they were arrested.

😂😂🤦‍♂ Hilarious Stupidity

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Due to a clerical error, the state of Missouri assumed that a man named Mike Anderson was in prison, serving his thirteen year sentence for armed robbery. Its only when they began preparing for his release did they realise that law enforcement had forgotten to take him to jail.

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Jack Nicholson was raised by his grandparents while his birth mother, June Nicholson, pretended to be his sister. He only found out who his real mother was when he turned 37.

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Recent study by the university of Pennsylvania shows that women find bald men more attractive,dominant and confident than men with hair.

On my way to the barber shop✂️✂️

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In 1988, a Brazilian magazine jokingly announced that a monkey was a mayoral candidate for Rio de Janeiro. He got 400,000 votes and came in third place out of 12 candidates.

Imagine losing a statue😂😂

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LeBron James opened a new public school to help at-risk students in his hometown. It's called the "I Promise School," and the students have 8-hour days, a longer school year, and receive free meals, bikes, and tuition.

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Iceland is the only country without mosquitoes, snakes or other reptiles. They also have very few species of spiders, none of which are harmful to humans.

Let's move to Iceland✈️✈️

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Swedish blood banks texts donors to notify them whenever their blood helps save a life.

If we had this in every country it would have encouraged way more people to donate.

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Wealthy Russians hire fake ambulances with luxury interiors for $200 an hour to get through traffic.

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The reason why the wedding ring is place on the fourth finger of your left hand is because it's the only finger that has a vein linking directly to your heart.

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NASA has two satellites having nicknames Tom and Jerry that chase each other, measuring gravitational anomalies by tracking distance between them.

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