In 1970, Chip maker Intel purchased a pear orchard to build their corporate headquarters on.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.

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