About a 45% of adults still sleep with a cuddly toy, while 15 percent admit they can’t sleep without cuddle toys.

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We would like to wish a Happy Easter to all Christians celebrating around the World today!

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In 2011, the Indian government opened 5 of 6 secret vaults inside an ancient temple that had been locked away for centuries and discovered $22 billion in treasure.

The 6th vault remains unopened, due to fear it may contain a curse that, if released, could destroy the world.

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A 60-year old truck driver sued the Tokyo hospital where he was born after discovering that he was accidentally switched with another newborn in 1953.

He ended up with a poor single mother while the other baby grew up to own a real estate company under his rich biological parents.

The hospital,was ordered by court to pay ¥38m (£227,000) for damages.

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African countries with the highest IQ.

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Staff and patients at a Japanese hospital accidentally drank toilet water instead of drinking water for almost 30 years without realising.

According to Japanese News Outlet Yomiuri Shimbun, it was announced on 20 October 2021 by Osaka University that, some of the tap water pipes in specific areas of the schools department were implemented incorrectly, which meant that the drinking water pipes were connected to the loo.

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Instead of modifying or donating unsold products, Louis Vuitton burns all their remaining bags, shoes and clothes every year and the reason for doing this is very strange. The company does this to not sell its products at low prices, in order to maintain the exclusivity that LV is known for.

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In 1746, a Swedish king tried to prove coffee was unhealthy by having one man drink large amounts of coffee and his identical twin drinks the same amount of tea every day for the rest of their lives.

Both twins outlived the doctors in charge of the experiment and the king himself.

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In Morocco in 1955, a pregnant woman was scheduled for a c-section but fled the hospital after watching another woman die during the procedure.

She was in pain for a few days after, but then the pain suddenly disappeared, so she went on with her life. Forty-six years later, she was diagnosed with a tumor. It turned out to be the calcified baby still inside her.

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A 90-year-old woman with no heirs signed a contract with a 47-year-old lawyer giving him her apartment upon her death, but he had to pay her a monthly allowance until she died.

She outlived him, and his widow continued the payments. She received approximately double the value of the apartment.

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The disease that causes Stewie Griffin's (FamilyGuy) head to be shaped like a football is called "craniosynostosis."

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Twinstrangers.com is a website where you can register to find your lookalike from anywhere in the world by uploading photos, selecting your facial features, and looking through matches.

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In 2013, a woman claimed she got pregnant by eating a McDonalds.

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In Japan, you can buy octopus-flavoured ice cream.

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A seven year old Indian boy complaining of jaw pain was treated in a local hospital and found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth.

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