In L.A., U.S.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide.

The largest individual flower on Earth is from a plant called Rafflesia arnoldii. Its flowers reach up to 1 metre (3 feet) in diameter and weigh around 10kg.

There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple's hair.

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