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Kakistocracy - A government run by the worst peopleAbsquatulate - To leave without saying goodbyeAcyrologia - Improper use of a wordAnecdoche - A conversation where everybody is talking but nobody is listeningBaisemain - Kiss on the handCagamosis - An unhappy marriageFanfaron - An empty boastJettatura - An evil stareLethologica - The inability to remember a specific wordMammothrept - Spoilt childNodus Tollens - The realization that your life doesn't make sense to you anymoreOchiba - A piece of art made from fallen leavesPandiculate - Stretching and yawningPercussive Maintenance - The act of bashing something over and over until it worksQuietus - Finishing strokeRaconteur - A person who tells entertaining anecdotes

In Siberia, it used to be illegal to make excuses.The entire country of Estonia has free Wi-Fi.Roses are black in Turkey.In China, it's illegal to reincarnate without the government's permission.Despite what many people believe, Finland isn't a part of Scandinavia.Iceland is considered to have the happiest people in the world.The widest pyramid in the world is in Mexico.In India, cops are paid more if they have a moustache.You can be stopped from entering New Zealand for being obese.Germans invented Christmas trees, Fanta, and gummy bears.Egypt has more landmines than any other country.The first Western film shown in North Korea was Bend It Like Beckham.There is a bar in Tokyo where you can drink with penguins.The US was nearly called The United States of Earth.

Anthony Hopkins has dreadful dyslexia and has to read scripts up to 250 times out loud.Ben Affleck realized he was famous when someone threw a can at him and said, "You suck, Affleck!"Brad Pitt used to work as a dancing chicken at El Pollo Loco in Hollywood.Before portraying Walter White in Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston starred in the anime, Street Fighter II.Steve Buscemi used to be a wrestler.Will Smith can solve a Rubik's cube in less than a minute.Tom Hanks agreed to star in Cloud Atlas because his character gets to kill a critic who hates his work. He said that this is something he always wanted to do in real life.Samuel L. Jackson held Martin Luther King's father hostage. He was also an usher at Martin Luther King's funeral.Christopher Walken used to be a lion tamer.

Steve Buscemi nearly played Freddy Krueger.The ship in Alien was meant to be called The Snark.Eddie Murphy was meant to play the lead in Get Out.Evil Dead was turned into a Broadway musical in 2006.The Fly was turned into an opera in 2008.Friday the 13th was nearly called Long Night at Camp Blood.People complained about the Frankenstein film because it was too different from the novel.George A. Romero forgot to copyright Night of the Living Dead for 21 years.The theme song of Dracula is from Swan Lake.Jaws was meant to be called Stillness in the Water.

El deporte más peligroso no es el fútbol americano. Es volar una cometa.El mapa del mundo es impreciso.Los silenciadores no existen.Todos pronuncian "Monte Everest" incorrectamente.El Viejo Oeste no era nada como lo imaginamos.Los Illuminati existieron durante solamente ocho años.Los satanistas no adoran a Satanás.A Abraham Lincoln no le importaba la gente de color.Amelia Earhart no desapareció misteriosamente.Egipto no tiene no la mayor cantidad de pirámides ni la más grande. La radiación no es peligrosa.No sabemos nada de los druidas.Las Cataratas del Niágara no son las más altas cascadas.Las Islas Canarias no se llaman así por los canarios.No todos los piratas eran criminales. Algunos de ellos eran agentes del gobierno.Los Rastafari no se llaman a sí mismos "Rastafari".El sol no está ardiendo.Los amish (menonitas) sí usan electricidad.

This book is a compilation of 1000 Facts about Historic Figures Vol. 1-3Stalin executed scientists because they didn't believe him that plants can be Communists.Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.Lenin died when part of his brain turned to stone.Princess Diana once visited a gay bar dressed as a man.Martin Luther King won a Grammy.The Queen of England owns all the dolphins in British waters.Albert Einstein couldn't drive.Galileo didn't believe in comets.Aristotle thought the Moon was alive.Florence Nightingale popularized pie-charts.Alexander Graham Bell tried to teach his dog how to talk.

An algorithm cast Kevin Spacey for House of Cards.Rob McElheney gained 50lbs for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia because he thought it would be funny.Stranger Things was supposed to be called Montauk.No two zombies in The Walking Dead have the same design.In the Game of Thrones books, Tyrion has no nose.Matthew Broderick was meant to play Walter White in Breaking Bad.Jack Bauer kills 309 people in 24.Tobias from Arrested Development is secretly black.The Big Bang Theory was banned in China.Monica and Joey were meant to be the main love story in Friends.In Family Guy, Meg's full name is Megatron Griffin.Doctor Who was nearly cancelled after one episode.Martin Scorsese absolutely loves Fawlty Towers.Will Smith was so poor before starring in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, his only mode of transport was an engineless scooter.

The first series on HBO was Fraggle Rock.The show, Friends coined the term "friend zone."The premise for Knight Rider was made up as a joke.All the main actors of The Walking Dead have a Last Supper on the day they film their death scene.The first and last conversation in Seinfeld is about a button.Homer Simpson is based on Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.The Big Bang Theory was meant to be called Lenny, Penny, and Kenny.Thomas the Tank Engine was nominated for two BAFTAs.Breaking Bad was remade in Mexico.The show, Wonder Woman was criticised because the title character shows her back.The Sopranos was meant to be a film.Despite what many sources say, Star Trek is not the first show to have an interracial kiss.The story of Stranger Things is based on a real project the CIA committed where they researched telekinesis and telepathy.Kit Harington plays Jon Snow in Game of Thrones. His great-grandfather invented the flushing toilet.

Leprosy and halitosis don't exist.Anemia is not caused by a lack of iron.Your teeth can explode.Men can develop breasts.You can die from being too happy.Making puns and being a perfectionist are recognized disorders.Tooth decay is contagious.There is a disorder that makes you incapable of sadness.You can be allergic to water."Running amok" is a classified disorder.The best way to pass kidney stones is to ride the rollercoaster, Big Thunder Mountain, in Disney World.Although Usain Bolt is one of the fastest people ever, he has a curved spine.There's a ten-minute test to see if a child suffers autism.Some dwarves are immune to diabetes and cancer.There's a condition that makes you drunk even if you don't drink alcohol.Smallpox is not the only disease to be eradicated.In the film, The Little Mermaid, Ariel suffers a condition called Identity Annihilation.Doctors believed polio was caused by eating ice-cream.Your brain can grow teeth.

Deadpool claims to have a "Chainsaw Sense" that warns him when he is being stabbed with a chainsaw.Superman once turned into a lion.The writer of Games of Thrones wrote several letters to Marvel about the Fantastic Four to point out some plot holes in the stories.Once, Batman turned into a mummy.Apocalypse used to be the leader of the X-Men.The Joker was the ambassador of Iran.George Bush, Oprah, Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela attended Black Panther's wedding.Wonder Woman moved the Sun with her lasso.Captain America doesn't know how to use a SmartPhone.Marvel and DC Comics were both published by the same person.The Hulk fought a dinosaur in the Wild West.Lex Luthor was one of the first fictional characters to use an atomic bomb.The X-Men were nearly called The Merry Mutants.The Hulk can survive being decapitated.Pink Kryptonite turns Superman gay.

Superman was nearly played by Muhammad Ali.Jack Nicholson was paid $60 million to play the Joker.When he was a teenager, Robert Downey Jr. bullied a kid for reading Iron Man comics.In China, Guardians of the Galaxy is called Interplanetary Unusual Attacking Team.Oprah Winfrey nearly played Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad.Deadpool was in development for 16 years.Wonder Woman was nearly played by Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock, Megan Fox, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Beyoncé.Chris Evans turned down Captain America three times.The tagline for Justice League was "Unite the Seven" even though there are six superheroes in the film.Jerry Seinfeld convinced Hugh Jackman to retire from the X-Men series.Shawarma sales skyrocketed after The Avengers was released.An alternative ending for Amazing Spider-Man 2 shows that Peter Parker's father is alive.Tom Hiddleston auditioned for the role of Thor.Build-A-Bear sales skyrocketed after Avengers: Endgame.

In the first story that revolved around a troll, the creature challenged a Viking to a rap-battle.In Greek myth, Medusa is Pegasus' mother.In Inuit myth, there is a monster that looks and acts like the Joker.In some legends, Alexander the Great was gifted with a killer rabbit.Originally, demons weren't perceived as evil.An azeman is a vampire with OCD.Centaurs were originally called sagittary.The oldest mythological creature is Lion-Man.There are reports of Goatmen in three different US states.In Japanese myth, evil cotton kills by stuffing itself in people's mouths.The Minotaur's real name is Asterion.In Celtic myth, leprechauns are bankers for all fairies.Mermaids play a big part in Irish myth.The Jersey Devil myth was probably devised by American founding father, Benjamin Franklin.The unicorn myth was inspired by a whale."Yeti" means "rocky bear."In Japan, there are vampires that can only move around by hopping.

The Pyrenean Ibex goat is the only animal to go extinct... twice.Although aardvarks look small, they are slightly smaller than a human.Badgers used to be called "brocks."Milk is more poisonous to a cat than seawater.Dogs don't like being hugged.William Shakespeare invented the word "alligator."Some ants never sleep.Meerkats kill their own kind more than any other animal.The honey badger is the world's most ferocious animal.Tanzania has more lions than any other country.Giraffes can't yawn.You can tell a horse's age by observing its teeth.Orangutans make umbrellas out of leaves.The Western world didn't know pandas existed until 1869.If a scorpion gets drunk, it can sting itself to death.It's nearly impossible to tell the difference between a koala's fingerprints and a human's.Jellyfish can live for over 10,000 years.The Peregrine Falcon can punch its prey while moving at 230mph. This strike is called "The Falcon Punch."

The Pyrenean Ibex goat is the only animal to go extinct... twice.Although aardvarks look small, they are slightly smaller than a human.Badgers used to be called "brocks."Milk is more poisonous to a cat than seawater.Dogs don't like being hugged.William Shakespeare invented the word "alligator."Some ants never sleep.Meerkats kill their own kind more than any other animal.The honey badger is the world's most ferocious animal.Tanzania has more lions than any other country.Giraffes can't yawn.You can tell a horse's age by observing its teeth.Orangutans make umbrellas out of leaves.The Western world didn't know pandas existed until 1869.If a scorpion gets drunk, it can sting itself to death.It's nearly impossible to tell the difference between a koala's fingerprints and a human's.Jellyfish can live for over 10,000 years.The Peregrine Falcon can punch its prey while moving at 230mph. This strike is called "The Falcon Punch."

In California, it's illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.There's a competition in Delaware where contestants shoot pumpkins out of cannons.Hawaii is considered to be the happiest state.Grand Central Station in Chicago has more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant.Iowa has the highest literacy rate in the country.Kansas means "South Wind."In Connecticut, a pickle isn't a pickle unless it bounces.There was a hurricane in Mississippi that was so powerful, it cut an island in two.Women aren't allowed to dress up as Santa Claus in Minnesota.The largest snowflake ever landed in Montana.There's a museum dedicated to roller skating in Nebraska.It's illegal to kiss someone in Nevada if you have a moustache.Basketball, volleyball, marshmallow fluff and the birth control pill come from Massachusetts.There's a town in Maryland called Chevy Chase.There's a group of blue-skinned people who live in Kentucky.

Deadpool is terrified of cows.Batman had a brother.Spider-Man has teamed up with the Transformers.The X-Men is a rip-off of The Doom Patrol.Captain America was the first superhero to be rebooted.The Flash can burn 1.6 billion calories in a minute.Hulk quit The Avengers after the second issue.Mogo is a superhero who is also a planet.There is a pig version of Iron Man called Iron Ham.Joker has killed over 2,000 people.Magneto used to be an Avenger.Lex Luthor joined the Justice League.Professor X carries a gun at all times.It's illegal to name your child "Superman" in Sweden.The Punisher has teamed up with Robocop.Stan Lee has created over 600 Marvel characters.Marvel weren't allowed to tell stories about werewolves until 1971.A part of Doctor Doom's armor is made of the cross that Jesus died on.Wonder Woman once battled an evil egg.

Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped while in South Africa. He convinced the kidnappers to let him go by pretending to be brain-damaged.Brad Pitt has a condition that prevents him from recognising faces.Michael Fassbender's character in Prometheus is based on David Bowie.Tom Cruise's real name is Thomas Mapother IV.Tom Hardy comes up with characters by watching reality tv shows.Morgan Freeman is a private pilot.During interviews with Robert De Niro, journalists are forbidden to talk to about wine.Until Jack Nicholson was 37, he thought his mother was his sister and his grandmother was his mother.Alan Rickman was 42 when he starred in his first movie.Robin Williams was voted the Least Likely to Succeed while he was in high school.

Until 2009, people who donated blood in Ireland received a free pint of Guinness.Many Irish people don't know that Ireland has a king.Ireland use to be called Wolfland.The words "boycott," "slogan," "quiz," "yahoo," and "electron" come from Ireland.During medieval times, a man could divorce his wife if she "made a mess of everything."Happy hours are banned in Irish pubs.Polar bears originate from Ireland.The Celts originated from Austria, not Ireland.Most of the world's Botox comes from one factory in Ireland.Until 2006, it was illegal to act out Harry Potter in Ireland.The submarine, radiotherapy, chocolate milk, the guillotine, and the torpedo were invented in Ireland.The Leprechaun Museum in Dublin is so scary, children aren't allowed to enter.

NASA helped make Call of Duty.Eminem used to have one of the world's highest scores in Donkey Kong.The Legend of Zelda was meant to be called Adventure.The creator of Five Nights at Freddy's used to make Christian games.Only one character in Mortal Kombat was meant to commit a fatality.The Nintendo wanted the NES to have a knitting add-up.Yoshi has orange arms in his debut game, Super Mario World.Super Smash Bros. was only meant to be released in Japan.Pac-Man is the most recognized video game character in the world.Sonic the Hedgehog's personality is based on Bill Clinton.In Pokémon, Gengar is the ghost of Clefable.Angry Birds was meant to be called Catapult.In Assassin's Creed 2, you can cut someone's throat with a broom.There is fan-fiction of Tetris.

Dolly Parton produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Peter Dinklage has never read Game of Thrones even though he is the star of the show.Samuel L Jackson showed up unannounced on the set for Breaking Bad, while he was dressed as his Avengers character, Nick Fury and demanded to be on the show. The producers refused.In Doctor Who, the Twelfth Doctor's costume was inspired by David Bowie.Matthew Perry plays Chandler in Friends. He says he can't remember a single thing from the show throughout three seasons.In The Simpsons, Hans Moleman has died at least 15 times.Many mobsters contacted James Gandolfini to tell him his performance was excellent in The Sopranos but warned him not to wear shorts in the show.Kenneth from 30 Rock is immortal.The first episode of Game of Thrones was so bad, it had to be reshot.Millie Bobby Brown was 11 when she was cast as Eleven in Stranger Things.The Tourette Syndrome Association praised the show, South Park, for its accurate portrayal of the Tourette's condition.

Lex Luthor became the president of the United States.Green Goblin use to lead the Avengers.The Penguin is an expert bare-knuckle boxer.Doctor Doom briefly served as God but gave it up because he "found it beneath me."Darkseid has his own nightclub.Loki claimed to be Deadpool's father.Harley Quinn has two pet hyenas.Carnage was nearly called Chaos or Ravage.Deadshot tried to killed Pope John Paul II.When Peter Parker died, Doctor Octopus became the new Spider-Man.Hugo Strange was supposed to be Batman's nemesis.Ego the Living Planet has a moon called Id who snorts planets.Wolverine has an evil son called Daken.Mister Freeze once escaped Arkham Asylum using a crayon.Thanos has been in a relationship with Hela.The Riddler's hero is Harry Houdini.

Skeletor was cut from He-Man in France because he was too scary.Lois from Family Guy has had eight children.Marceline from Adventure Time has a fear of celery.Steven Spielberg thinks Rugrats is one of the best cartoons ever.Homer Simpson's voice is the most popular GPS voice.Tom Cruise was meant to play Captain Planet.Tim Curry was meant to play the Joker in the Batman cartoon but was considered too scary.Spider-Man was banned in Hong Kong.Mickey Mouse has a brother... who is a rabbit.Bugs Bunny got his name by accident.Tom and Jerry has won seven Oscars.Beast was only meant to appear in a few episodes of X-Men.Winnie the Pooh was originally called Edward.

There are many books out there that explain how cancer works biologically. There are countless books that give the reader a deep understanding of how chemotherapy works, how radiotherapy works and how the medication works. They will go into detail about wigs, headscarves, injections, surgery, CT scans, X-Rays, PET scans and so on.But very few cancer books focus on the most important part - the mind. How is your mind going to survive an illness that is turning your life upside down?Cancer books always insist that you need to stay positive but it's not that simple. You need to prepare better than "stay positive."When does it start feeling normal?How much of the battle is in your head?How will people perceive you?This doesn't mean I will neglect to discuss treatment, surgery and medical scans. But I will detail these factors in plain language rather than medical terminology, which many cancer patients find alienating and unhelpful.Read on to learn how to combat cancer - physically and mentally.

Comics have existed for 2,700 years.There is a Captain America comic that is so bad, it killed the editor.Batman has a Batsuit designed to fight Gods.There is a panda version of Deadpool.Iron Man ruled the Illuminati for years.The Joker carries kryptonite in his teddy bear.Loki used to be called Satan.Lex Luthor is so smart, he dreams in algorithms.Batman's son, Damian, became Robin.Spider-Man has killed several criminals.Stan Lee wrote an Aquaman story for DC Comics.Thor was ranked by IGN as the greatest Avenger ever.Batman has a Batcave on the Moon.Wolverine is only 5ft 3.Wonder Woman has battled Medusa.Marvel owned the rights to the word "zombie" for over two decades.Green Arrow has many trick arrows including a Bubblegum Arrow.Muhammad Ali fought Superman. (In the comics, not in real life.)

The time machine in Back to the Future was meant to be a refrigerator.Steve Carell wanted to play the Joker in The Dark Knight.William Wallace was never called Braveheart.Die Hard started off as a sequel to Commando.Aliens were meant to appear in Dr. Strangelove.ET - The Extra-Terrestrial was nearly called A Boy's Life.Blade Runner and Alien take place in the same universe.The line "Play it again, Sam" is never said in Casablanca.Russell Crowe thought his dialogue in Gladiator was "garbage."The shark barely appears in Jaws because it kept malfunctioning.The Lion King is the most successful VHS film ever.Although Viggo Mortensen stars in The Return of the King, he thinks the film is overrated.Orson Welles hated the twist in Citizen Kane.In Star Wars, Han Solo was meant to be a green, gilled, noseless alien.Christopher Walken, Sean Connery, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role of Morpheus in The Matrix.

Due to a typo, Doctor Octopus called Spider-Man "Superman" in one issue.Batman thought Bane was his brother.Tony Stark has a 3D printer that makes Iron Man suits.Green Arrow has 135 trick arrows including a Baby Rattle Arrow and a Stepladder Arrow.In the first Avengers story, the Hulk juggled elephants while pretending to be a robot clown.The average Green Lantern only serves for four years before they are killed.There was nearly a Broadway musical of Captain America during the 1990s.Lex Luthor found the cure for cancer and AIDS.Deadpool has a 14-state restraining order from The Olsen Twins.If Superman punched someone at full force, it would create a heatwave that is 13 billion times hotter than the surface of the Sun.Green Goblin's email address is oz@amazinghair.netJudge Dredd has teamed up with Batman.In recent comics, Harley Quinn has teamed up with an egg.

Martin Scorsese was at death's door when he was making Raging Bull due to a cocaine addiction.Quentin Tarantino can only type with one finger at a time.Robert Rodriguez's children are called Rocket, Racer, Rebel, Rogue and Rhiannon.Ridley Scott has never won an Oscar for Best Director.Mel Brooks defused land mines in World War II.Christopher Nolan can't see red or green.Stanley Kubrick thought his best movie was Eyes Wide Shut.Tim Burton has a phobia of chimpanzees.George Lucas said that Darth Vader was inspired from Doctor Doom from the Marvel Comics.Guillermo Del Toro's father was kidnapped in the early 1990s. James Cameron paid off the ransom of $1 million.Joss Whedon's cult show, Firefly, was supposed to run for seven seasons.Edgar Wright shot the Klingon scene in Star Trek: Into DarknessDavid Fincher's favourite book is Dracula.Charlie Chaplin has an asteroid named after him.M. Night Shymalan wrote Stuart Little.Alfred Hitchcock had a phobia of eggs.

Jose Ochoa was stabbed to death by a chicken.You can boil and freeze water at the same time."Abracadabra" means "I create as I speak."Pineapples used to cost $10,000 each.Killer bees are manmade.There have been five attempts in history... to ban history.Volcano surfing is a sport.The oldest human name that we have record of is Kushim.There is a flower that looks like Darth Vader's helmet.Sunspring is the first film written by AI.Five of George Foreman's children are called George Foreman.Nobody knows who created donuts or where or when.Colors can be copyrighted.The three most recognizable smells are coffee, crayon, and peanut butter.When the x-ray was discovered, some people thought it was a hoax.Todd Philips directed Joker, which revolves around a serial-killing clown. Philips' first film was funded by a serial-killing clown

Brian from Family Guy is an atheist even though he has met Jesus and God several times.Peppa Pig won a BAFTA.In The Simpsons, Homer and Krusty the Clown were meant to be the same person.In SpongeBob SquarePants, Squidward isn't a squid.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a parody of the superhero, Daredevil.The makers of South Park can create an episode in two days.In Archer, Lana is nicknamed Shirley Temper, Monster Hands, Truckasaurus, and Spray + Pray.Scooby Doo was meant to be called Too Much.The actors of Dragon Ball Z regularly passed out from exhaustion while recording their lines.The person who created Avatar: The Last Airbender used to work on Family Guy.Poison Ivy only became a popular Batman villain after she debuted in Batman: The Animated Series.Daffy Duck's first catchphrase was, "Jiggers, fellers."Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy was created on a dare.The first thing Mickey Mouse ever said was "Hot Dog!"