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When George I became King of England in 1714, his wife did not become Queen. He placed her under house arrest for 32 years.
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When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.
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When hydrogen burns in the air, water is formed.
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When kicked in the groin, a soccer player has been 'banjoed'.
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When new, a regulation cricket ball weighs 5.5 ounces.
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When potatoes first appeared in Europe in the seventeenth century, it was thought that they were disgusting, and they were blamed for starting outbreaks of leprosy and syphilis. As late as 1720 in America, eating potatoes was believed to shorten a person's life.
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When recognising someone's face, you use the right side of your brain.
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When shipped to the US, the London bridge ( thought by the new owner to be the more famous Tower Bridge ) was classified by US customs to be a 'large antique'.
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When Swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. As the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the cheese leaving holes. Cheese-makers call them “eyes.”
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When the Mother-Ship passes over the Devil's Tower near the end of Spielberg's movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, R2-D2 can be seen hanging from the bottom of the ship.
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