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Victor Lustig, a con artist,
managed to "sell" the Eiffel Tower twice by posing
as a government official. He declared that Paris was planning to tear
the Tower down, making 7000 tonnes of
scrap metal available to the highest bidder. He was so persuasive that even the
victim bribed Lustig so he would win. Again, Lustig did this twice before getting
caught.
There is more time separating the Stegosaurus and the Tyrannosaurus Rex
then separating the Tyrannosaurus Rex and us.
If you take 23 random people, there is a 50% chance two or more of
them will have the same birthday, and a 99% chance when you raise the amount
of people to 57.
China has a Strategic Pork Reserve and Canada has a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve.
Well then...