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1Dentists

A Reader's Digest journalist went to 50 different dentists in 27 States to determine if their diagnoses and treatment plans were at all consistent. None of them were and estimates ranged from $0 to $30,000.

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2Honey bees

Honey bees make decisions collectively and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that literally includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building.

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3Indian Ocean earthquake

During the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, fishermen in South India said they saw with their own eyes “the reality of generations of legends…the remains of ancient temples and hundreds of refrigerator-sized blocks, all briefly exposed before the sea swallowed them up again.”

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4Listerine mouthwash

A Listerine mouthwash ad from the 1920s coined the phrase, "Often a bridesmaid but never a bride" to describe women with bad breath.

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5Aunt Jemima Explosives

During World War 2, an edible explosive was created under the code name “Aunt Jemima.” It was a mixture of flour and the powdery explosive HMX. It could pass for flour and was even be used in cooking. It was smuggled by the Chinese guerrillas to bypass Japanese checkpoints.

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6Enema of the State

Blink 182 removed the red cross from the (adult actress) nurse's hat on their album "Enema of the State" because the American Red Cross told them it was a violation of the Geneva Convention.

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7Stolen Spider-Man Suits

Four Spider-Man suits were stolen during the filming of the Spider-Man movie back in 2002. The suits cost $50,000 USD to make and Sony offered $25,000 USD for their return. It led to an 18-month investigation, and the suits were found in Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo. It was stolen by a security guard who worked on the set.

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8Calories in Celery

Many people believe that celery has a negative calorie count. The digestion of a single stalk of celery really uses up around half a calorie of energy; therefore, it in fact does not have negative calories.

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9Execution Survivor Reborn

Ginggaew Lorsoungnern is a Thai woman who survived her execution by gunfire in 1979 because she had situs inversus, a condition where all of the body's organs are reversed. She woke up on the way to the morgue. So then she was once again placed before gunfire, and the second volley succeeded.

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10Dean Smith's Bungled Bank Heist

Dean Smith of Wales embarked on one of the most flawed bank robbery attempts in 2014. After visiting his local bank to update his address, he hatched a misguided plan to return half an hour later and rob the same bank. Disguised in an absurd outfit consisting of sunglasses, socks over his shoes, and a hood, he brandished a bread knife as his weapon of choice.

However, his poorly executed scheme quickly fell apart when bank cashiers refused to comply with his demands for money. To make matters worse, an elderly customer at the bank offered Smith £20 to leave-a humiliating twist of fate. Smith fled the scene as the bank alarm sounded, but law enforcement had no trouble tracking him down.

The inept criminal's identity was hardly concealed by his laughable disguise, and updating his address at the bank just before the crime made his arrest inevitable. Consequently, Smith received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence after admitting to the police that his plan had been profoundly foolish, a sentiment widely shared by those who heard of his botched bank heist.

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