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    17 Facts You Won't Believe Are True

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    1. Reno, Nevada, is farther west than Los Angeles.

    2. Bob Marley's father was white.

    3. The moon is moving farther and farther away from the Earth all the time.

    4. Humans have the genetic capability to hibernate.

    5. Wombat poop is square.

    6. Australia once lost its prime minister. As in, no one could find him.

    7. John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley all died on the same day: Nov. 22, 1963.

    8. The state that is closest to Africa is Maine.

    9. There was a chicken that lived for 18 months with its head cut off.

    10. President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car and used to drive guests into the lake to scare them, screaming about brake failure.

    11. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia and Africa.

    12. It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.

    13. If you fly directly south from Detroit, you'll hit the Canadian border.

    14. Sloths leave their homes once a week to poop.

    15. A shamanic group in Mexico worships Coca-Cola as a healing drug.

    16. Russia is bigger than Pluto.

    17. The Mongolian Navy at one point consisted of a tugboat and seven men.