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Un-un-un-un-unbelievable! The top 10 unbelievable facts in the world

  1. The Netherlands are closing 8 prisons across their country because of the lack of criminals
  2. In Spain, beer is sold at 1 Euros in food courts while Coke costs 2 Euros
  3. China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the entire world
  4. In the early years of the 20th century, horses were causing so much pollution with their poop that motor vehicles were seen as the green alternative 
  5. In the 1950s, people laughed an average of 18 minutes a day. Today we laugh an average of 4 to 6 minutes a day
  6. Some restaurants in Japan use monkeys as waiters
  7. Singapore has the world's highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every 6 households having at least US$1 million in net worth
  8. In Korea, there is a cat cafe that you can hang out with cats for hours
  9. The top 4 most popular blogs in Japan are about cats
  10. Your results for 2016 will be double that of 2015, if you learn and work hard

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