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Future U.S. President Franklin Pierce grew homesick while at school in another town and walked 12 miles (19 km) back to his home. His father fed him dinner, drove him part of the distance back to school, then ordered him to walk the rest of the way in a thunderstorm.

An animal named kinkajou which is related to raccoons, can turn its feet backward to run easily up or down trunks.

The city of Topeka, Kansas was renamed to Topikachu for a day in both 1998 and 2018 to celebrate the release of new Pokémon games.

After a photo of Keanu Reeves looking sad and eating a sandwich alone on a bench went viral, he responded by writing a book of sad poems entitled "An Ode to Happiness" as a joke.

Charles Domery was an 18th-century soldier known for his immense appetite. During his service, he ate dozens of live cats, pounds of raw meat and grass, and once tried to eat a companion's severed leg before it was wrestled from him.

Paricutín is a volcano that emerged suddenly on 1943 from a farmer's land in a matter of a day. Now peaking at 9200ft, it's still the first ever volcano whose birth has been witnessed by human eyes.

In 1977, Bob Marley was diagnosed with melanoma under a toenail but chose not to follow his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated due to his religious beliefs. Unfortunately, the cancer spread, and he passed away from metastatic melanoma four years later, at the age of 36. He was buried with a guitar, a joint, and a bible.

Singles day is a shopping holiday popular among young Chinese people that celebrate their pride in being single. The date, November 11th (11/11), was chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual who is alone.

Michael Dorn has appeared more times as a regular cast member than any other Star Trek actor in the franchise's history, spanning 5 films and 272 television episodes.

Stephen Colbert's father and two older brothers died in a plane crash because the cockpit crew became distracted from talking while landing the plane. A few years later, the FAA created the 'Sterile Cockpit Rule,' prohibiting staff from engaging in non-essential conversation once below 10,000 ft.