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It is a tradition in Luxembourg to eat little human-shaped brioche men called "boxemännchen" during the Christmas season.

The world record for the Largest Vessel of Mulled Wine ever brewed was 537 gallons, which was achieved in 2016 in Falcade, Italy.

Some Zircon gems are more than 4.4 billion years old, making Zircon the oldest gemstone found on Earth today.

Not all monkeys are great tree climbers. Some are primarily terrestrial, such as the gelada monkey of Ethiopia.

The largest faceted gemstone in the world is the El-Dorado Topaz. This impressive gemstone weighs a whopping 31,000 carats!

The thickest tree in the world has a circumference of 137.8 feet (42 m). It takes 105 men, shoulder-to-shoulder, to surround it.

The Apollo 17 astronauts could taste the Moon's fine dust. They called it the "Apollo aroma." It smelled like burnt gunpowder.

Did you know that 95% of the world's opals are mined in Australian opal fields?

The U.S. remains one of only three countries still using the Imperial measurement system, along with Liberia and Myanmar.

Seven students once released 72,000 ladybugs into a Maryland school before classes as a prank. They were all caught and punished.

Usually thought of as blue, sapphires come in many colors. These differently-colored sapphires are known as "fancy sapphires."

A blue moon isn't actually that rare. According to NASA, one can typically be seen every two and a half years.