Fossilized bird droppings are one of the chief exports of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.

The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness.

In the world, the United States and France have the most pet dogs. Approximately one out of every three families has a pet dog. Switzerland and Germany are the lowest only having one dog per every ten families.

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