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• [People fact 1]  The belief that using a cell phone at a gas station can cause a fire or explosion is a common urban legend. It has never happened anywhere in the world. Experts believe it to be impossible as no-one has been able to successfully create a fire or explosion by using a cell phone while fueling a car.

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• [People fact 2]  Wilgefortis was a female saint whose distinguishing feature is a large beard, which grew after she prayed God to make her repulsive in order to avoid an unwanted marriage. She is the patron saint of women seeking the refuge of abusive husbands, and the patron saint of facial hair.

  People source

• [People fact 3]  In 1123, the people of Greenland asked King Sigurd of Norway to send them a bishop along with a polar bear as a gift to accompany their request.

  Monarch, People source

• [People fact 4]  In 1698, Peter The Great introduced the “Beard Tax” after he visited Western Europe and liked their fashion sense. Anyone with a beard was forced to pay tax for it and in turn given a beard token. If you were stopped by the police without the token they would immediately shave your face on sight.

  Monarch, People source

• [People fact 5]  In 1927, a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus was responsible for the death of 6 people during his robbery and getaway in a small Texas town. When he was caught and thrown in jail, nearly 2,000 people showed up, pushed past the guards, dragged him out of the jail and hanged him.

  Crime, People source

• [People fact 6]  Wu-Tang Clan member Gza is a science nerd and has spoken at Harvard and hosted a Physics lecture at MIT.

  Education, People source

• [People fact 7]  John Wayne Gacy's former attorney, Sam Amirante, who heard Gacy's original confession to over 30 murders, later went on to author the Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984 which removed the 72-hour waiting period to begin the search for a missing child.

  Crime, People source

• [People fact 8]  The first use of an X-ray for clinical purposes was by John Hall-Edwards in Birmingham, England, on 11 January 1896, when he X-rayed a needle stuck in the hand of his associate. He was also the first to use X-rays in a surgical operation.

  People, Technology

• [People fact 9]  iTunes, Apple’s online music, video, and app store, generated sales of $4 billion in 2010. That’s over $1 billion more than one of the world’s largest music companies, Warner Music Group.

  People, Technology

• [People fact 10]  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in conjunction with the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, created a mosquito emoji to describe illnesses, such as Zika and malaria, that are spread by mosquitos, in a way that illiterate people could understand.

  People, Technology

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