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If cooked incorrectly spinach can break your teeth due to the high concentrations of iron in it.

If cooked incorrectly spinach can break your teeth due to the high concentrations of iron in it.

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The fact that the letter M can stand for miles and meters led to the last minute cancellation of the 100m sprint during the Paris Olympics of 1900. Concerns about the "exorbitant cost" of track construction had been completely ignored.

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A peculiar, unrepealed, law in England allows anyone with the name Conrad to slap a member of the House of Lords on 13th July between the hours of 7am and 2pm. The Lord / Lady being slapped must furnish the slapper with a bowl of soup.

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In 1964 scientists from Venezuela discovered that you can cannot see Venezuela from space.

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Grasshoppers powerful rear legs are not in fact legs. Their correct name is: hunfrigomantioptimapulia. Nobody uses this term though as it's significantly more difficult to spell than 'legs' and means exactly the same thing.

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