The Strangest Natural and Man-Made Items that Actually Exist

Poke Around and You Might Find One

If you look hard enough, you'll be able to find one of these floating around to this day. They're still valid forms of currency, even though the vast majority of cashiers will probably think they're fake. 

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The More You Know

  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
  • 9% of Americans have phobias.
  • George Lazenby wasn't an actual actor. He got himself a suit, a Rolex and a new haircut, then met with the producer and made up movies he had been in. He later landed the role of James Bond.
  • Where the Wild Things Are was supposed to have been about horses—but the illustrator couldn't draw them.
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