Before 1940, there was a profession called knocker ups in Britain, whose sole purpose was to wake people up so they aren't late for work.

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Strippers are sometimes hired to perform at funerals in China.

Strippers are used to boost funeral attendances, because large crowds are seen as a mark of honour for the deceased & also as a sign of wealth. The practice also could be linked to a "worship of reproduction".

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The concept of contact lenses was conceived in 1823 and was realized in 1887. The original lenses weren't meant for sight correction. Instead they were used to protect diseased eyes.

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There is a mobile app that shows what women look like without makeup.

A Russian app developer named Ashot Gabrelyanov has invented an app called “Makeapp” that can show what women really look like without makeup.

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More boys are born during times of war & stress no one knows why, the phenomenon is called "Returning soldier effect".

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The Yoruba people have the highest likelihood of producing twins in the world. The probability is linked to their consumption of a type of yam which releases a hormone that can cause the ovaries to release an egg from each side.

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The World's oldest bank still in operation is Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which was founded in 1472.

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In 1971, Soviet engineers working in the Turkmenistan desert set a hole on fire which was full of natural gases.

The engineers expected the flames to burn out within a few days. However, 52 years on, “The Door to Hell” is still burning today.

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A Scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days. This is enabled by their modified lungs, which are known as book lungs.

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A 2014 case study found out that, you are three times more likely to be bitten by Luis Suarez if you play a football match against him, than you are being bitten by a shark in the ocean.

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In Japan, there is a restaurant called “The restaurant of mistaken orders” which only employs waiters with dementia so you never know what food you’re going to get.

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In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train do he could arrive at his job on time in Nagasaki where he survived another atomic blast.

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13th of August, is National Left Handers Day.

Some famous left handers include Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jimi Hendrix, Babe Ruth, Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon Bonaparte, Judy Garland, and Charlie Chaplin.

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The World record for the most people kissed is held by Alfred Wolfram of Minnesota, who kissed11,030 people in 8 hours.

That's more than 16 people a minute, at a festival in 1998.

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