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1Left-handed sugar

Left-handed sugar exists. It is an artificial, mirrored variant of regular glucose which tastes exactly the same but can't be metabolized as normal. As a result, it contains very few calories, can be eaten by diabetics and doesn't promote any tooth decay.

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2Dave Eshelman

Only one of the guards of the Standford Prison Experiment (Dave Eshelman) was particularly brutal, and the more brutal he became, the more prominently he faked a southern accent.

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3Joker's pencil trick

Director Christopher Nolan initially had no idea how the Joker’s pencil trick could be performed practically while shooting The Dark Knight. Though CGI was considered, in the end, the stuntman just pulled the pencil away before his head hit the desk.

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4Corned beef

Although corned beef was originally produced in Ireland, it was mostly consumed by Britain and America as the Irish raising the beef were too poor to afford it.

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5Punch and Judy

Punch and Judy was a popular puppet show from the 1600s. In the show, Punch usually ends up killing his baby, his wife, a policeman, the devil and a variety of other characters by beating them with his ‘slapstick’. The phrase “pleased as punch” comes from Punch’s gleeful self-satisfaction.

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6Agathocles

In 289 B.C., Agathocles, a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, was murdered by a poisoned toothpick.

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7Tupac

In 2016, a Sri Lankan church service printed the rap lyrics for “Hail Mary” by Tupac accidentally instead of the actual prayer.

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8Spolia Opima

Spolia Opima was the rarest and the highest military prize given in Ancient Rome. It was only given to a general who had personally killed an enemy general in combat and stripped him of his armor. This happened only 3 times in the history of Rome.

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9Salt of the Earth

The movie 'Salt of the Earth' is based on a true story of a 15 month-long strike. It was blacklisted by Hollywood because its writer, the director and the producer were alleged members of the Communist party and its actress, Rosaura Revueltas, was deported for being in this movie.

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10Charlie Chaplin's Paycheck

Charlie Chaplin was being paid $10,000 a week to act in his movies in 1915.

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