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A Compendium of
Curious Facts

Illustrated by Michelle Enemark
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Captain Cook Birthplace Museum

Tour guide at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
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Vent Haven Museum

Number of dummies at Vent Haven
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Cat Island

Ratio of Cats to Humans on Cat Island
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Danvers State Hospital

The Danvers Hospital for the Criminally Insane inspired
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Julien Aurouze and Co.

Window display feature of Parisian Exterminator's Shop
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Book Mountain

Book Mountain consists of
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Kosik the talking elephant

Kosiks Vocabulary
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Meteora

Only time the ropes leading to the Meteora could be replaced
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Weeki Wachee: City of Live Mermaids

Housed in the deepest naturally-formed spring in North America
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Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics

Number of taxidermy space dogs at Moscow's Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics