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Dueling is still legal in Uruguay.

In 1927, the thermometer registered 158.8F in the Oasis of the Tuaregs, in Northern Africa.

Kampala, Uganda, averages 242 days of thunderstorms each year.

In Ise, Japan, there is a museum dedicated to pearls, featuring a scale model of the Liberty Bell made out of 12,000 pearls.

The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.

The iPhone App Store - a classic protection racket

If you're an iPhone developer, it should. When a developer sells an application through the iPhone Application Store, they only see 70 per cent of the revenue. The rest goes to Apple for “system upkeep.” There's no other way to... Read rest of the story at The Register

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