11Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra always carried 10 dimes after once fearing he would run out of change while talking on a payphone with his son's kidnappers. He was even buried with them in his pocket.
12Hans Oster

Part of the reason why the Allied secret services could fool the nazis many times is that the deputy head of the German Abwehr, Hans Oster, actively sabotaged the nazi war effort.
13US opiod consumption

The United States consumes 80% of the world's opioids
14White cats

65-85% of all white cats born with two blue eyes are deaf, and if a cat is born with just one blue eye, only the hearing on that side is impaired.
15Golden Faberge egg

A man bought a golden Faberge egg for $13,000 dollars at a sale; turns out it was worth over $33 million.
16Siberian kids

Kindergartners in Siberia run outside in their underwears and dump freezing water over themselves to strengthen their immune systems.
17Pinocchio

In the original story, Pinocchio squished the cricket to shut it up. It continued nagging him as a ghost.
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18Chauvet cave

A cave in France contains the footprints of a young child alongside the paw prints of a dog, left 26,000 years ago. The oldest evidence of human-canine relationships ever found
19Stick

Only 18% of Americans can drive a stick
20John Harris

The heir to the Baskin-Robbins family fortune turned down his inheritance, moved to a small cabin, and swore off dairy after both co-founders died from diseases he believed were connected to their ice cream consumption