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| Strange Facts from the Guinness Book of World Records |
| Sometimes the truth really is harder to believe than the crazy stories you read on the Internet. But even though you™re reading this on the Web, you can believe every one of these tales: they all come straight from the Guinness Book of World Records. |
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| South Carolina: The First American Home of the Poinsettia |
| The poinsettia is a beautiful red flower that is given most around the holidays, especially Christmas. The poinsettia has a long history, but one of the most interesting points of history is how the poinsettia made its way to America finding its first home in Greenville, South Carolina. |
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| History’s Mysteries |
| * In 1985, a dive tour operator discovered underwater structures that resembled pyramids off of the coast of Yonaguni-jima, Japan. The underwater pyramids have marks on them that indicate they may be manmade. |
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| Four-foot Hairdo |
| Fashion in eighteenth century England demanded that a wig augment a woman’s natural hair. A wig could be three to four feet tall, and a single wig was sometimes worn continuously on outdoor occasions for months at a time. |
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