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  1. 01:26.20 - OOPArt: Out-of-place artifact
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  3. 06:43.78 - In Britain and Japan, having a black cat cross your path, is considered good luck, whereas if you live in the USA or several European countries, it is bad luck to have a black cat walk by.
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  5. Source: http://www.csicop.org/superstition/library/black_cats/
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  8. 07:56.31 - The Tsuchinoko literally translating to "hammerspawn," is a legendary snake-like cryptid from Japan. The name tsuchinoko is prevalent in Western Japan, including Kansai and Shikoku; the creature is known as bachi hebi in Northeastern Japan.
  9. Tsuchinoko are described as being between 30 and 80 centimeters in length, similar in appearance to a snake, but with a central girth that is much wider than its head or tail, and as having fangs and venom similar to that of a viper. Some accounts also describe the tsuchinoko as being able to jump up to a meter in distance.
  10. According to legend, some tsuchinoko have the ability to speak and a propensity for lying, as well as a taste for alcohol. Legend also records that it will sometimes swallow its own tail so that it can roll like a hoop, similar to the mythical Hoop snake.
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  12. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuchinoko
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  15. 10:49.32 - A sheep gave birth to a dead lamb with a human-like face. The calf was born in a village not far from the city of Izmir, Turkey. The lamb’s head had human features on – the eyes, the nose and the mouth – only the ears were those of a sheep. Veterinaries said that the rare mutation most likely occurred as a result of improper nutrition since the fodder for the lamb’s mother was abundant with vitamin A.
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  17. Source: http://english.pravda.ru/science/mys...p_human_face-0
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  20. 10:49.32 - (Can't find anything on humans in the south pole. This makes me wonder if the correct translation is the abominable snowman in the south pole, but as far as I know the yeti should be in the himalayas)
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  22. 10:49.32 – The Pushmi-pullyu is an imaginary creature resembling a llama or an antelope, but with a head at both ends, as invented by Hugh Lofting (1886–1947).
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  24. Source: ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "pushmi-pullyu." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006.
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  27. 11:38.42 – The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's most famous novella. Saint-Exupéry wrote it while living in the United States. It has been translated into more than 190 languages and has sold more than 80 million copies, making it the biggest selling French-language book and one of the bestselling books ever.
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  29. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince
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  32. 12:26.19 – Bentora, Bentora... Space People! – In Rumiko Takahashi's Lum: Urusei Yatsura manga, Ataru Moroboshi's then unnamed classmate, who would later get the nickname "Megane" (glasses) in the Urusei Yatsura anime, attempts to summon Lum's UFO with the words "Bentora, Bentora, Space People" (alternatively translated by AnimEigo translator Vincent Winiarski as "Ventura, Ventura, Space People"), only to summon a space taxi, who gives them a short ride home and then demands all the oil on Earth as payment.
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  34. Source: http://kiyone.blogspot.com/2005/06/b...ce-people.html
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  37. 15:28.34 - Sokushinbutsu were Buddhist monks or priests who caused their own deaths in a way that resulted in their mummification. This practice reportedly took place almost exclusively in northern Japan around the Yamagata Prefecture. It is believed that many hundreds of monks tried, but only between 16 and 24 such mummifications have been discovered to date. The practice is not advocated or practiced today by any Buddhist sect.
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  39. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
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  42. 20:09.83 – The Sanzu River, or River of Three Crossings, is a Japanese Buddhist tradition and religious belief similar to the River Styx. It is believed that on the way to the afterlife, the dead must cross the river, which is why a Japanese funeral includes placing six coins in the deceased's casket.
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  44. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanzu_River
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