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Hopscotch was played by Ancient Romans. Human bodies shed 10 million pieces of epidermis every day.
Some people are born with horns, and not always on their foreheads. Hares don't live underground like rabbits, preferring homes made of long grass.
The hyrax is a small ratlike animal closely related to the elephant. When threatened, animals raise their hair to make themselves look bigger.
George Hale went temporarily insane while building the world's biggest telescope, only discussing his plans with a 'sympathetic green elf'. The first electrical hair-dryers were adapted from vacuum-cleaners.
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