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12 Oct 2024 11:34

The venom of giant hornets in Japan is potent enough to melt human flesh.

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11 Oct 2024 16:55

Cockroaches experience performance anxiety. A study found that cockroaches running through a hard maze will have more difficulties if other roaches are watching them.

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11 Oct 2024 08:12

Horse Yoga is practiced by a school in Argentina. Participants pose on horses lying on their backs.

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10 Oct 2024 12:17

Oktoberfest started off as a wedding reception for a Prince in Bavaria in 1810, and the newlyweds enjoyed it so much, they suggested making it an annual event.

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09 Oct 2024 14:31

The practice of pouring of a liquid in memory of those who have “passed on” was common in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. “Pouring one out for the homies” is a custom over 3,000 years old

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09 Oct 2024 07:47

The “Obesity Paradox” states that you are more likely to survive a heart attack if you are obese than if you were a normal healthy adult.

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08 Oct 2024 10:52

The blood of eels is more poisonous than some snake venom, but cooking or digesting the blood renders it harmless.

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08 Oct 2024 00:21

The “jump” you sometimes get while falling asleep is known as hypnic myoclonus and as much as 70 percent of people worldwide experience this.

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07 Oct 2024 17:16

Ancient Human populations in India and Europe were taller than the tallest modern countries.

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06 Oct 2024 16:20

Firework displays during the Chinese New Year stem from the tradition of lighting bamboo stalks on fire to ward off evil spirits, especially Nian, the evil dragon most commonly portrayed in the new year parades.

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05 Oct 2024 19:51

The U-bend (S-trap without a 90 degree bend) used in toilets and sinks to prevent sewage gasses from entering the house was invented by a man named Thomas Crapper.

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05 Oct 2024 13:01

Pacman was designed to be a never-ending game. The variable that holds the level was only an 8 bit integer though, so at level 256, the game goes bonkers, and level 256 is impossible to beat.

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04 Oct 2024 11:08

If you started with $0.01 and doubled your money every day, it would take 27 days to become a millionaire, it would yield around $1.342 million.

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03 Oct 2024 17:11

I'm sure you had an idea, but something got in the way and you didn't develop it. The channel "Usual thing" is about this, the author tries to implement different business ideas, but every day he encounters problems and discusses them with you.

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03 Oct 2024 11:35

The color orange is named after the appearance of the ripe orange fruit. Before this word was introduced to the English-speaking world, the color orange was referred to as Geoluhread meaning yellowish red.

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12 Oct 2024 08:43

Bartenders have the 2nd highest divorce rate and the highest single percentage of all occupations.

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11 Oct 2024 13:11

Golden poison frogs are curious, bold, and seemingly aware of the fact that they are next to invulnerable. They make no attempt to conceal themselves and actually flaunt their beautiful colors to intimidate potential predators.

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10 Oct 2024 17:27

The reason we say “redhead” instead of “orangehead”” for hair color is because English didn’t differentiate between the colors until the 1540’s, long after the term was coined.

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10 Oct 2024 08:47

Narcissism is one of the three dark triadic personality traits the others being psychopathy and Machiavellianism. These traits are often associated with aggression, racism, and bullying.

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09 Oct 2024 11:27

There were two species of frogs called Gastric-brooding frogs that swallowed its eggs, converted its stomach into a womb, and gave birth through its mouth. It went extinct in the mid-1980s. Scientists are trying to resurrect it.

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08 Oct 2024 15:27

Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t vote.

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08 Oct 2024 09:24

When a Guinea Pig Hops, it’s called “Popcorning”.

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07 Oct 2024 19:42

Sleeping under a weighted blanket can help reduce anxiety.

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07 Oct 2024 09:12

The Latin phrase libra pondo was used in Ancient Rome to indicate weight, which is why today the abbreviation for “pound” is “lb.”

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06 Oct 2024 14:10

Monster (and other energy drink companies) have more caffeine than legally allowed in a soft drink due to the company classifying the beverage as a “supplement.”

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05 Oct 2024 14:50

The word 'Muscle' is derived from the Latin word 'musculus' which means 'little mouse'. This is because flexing muscles were thought to resemble mice moving under the skin.

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05 Oct 2024 08:48

A Lesbian Rule is a flexible ruler made from lead used to reproduce irregular curves in construction

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03 Oct 2024 18:15

Earth is the only known planet where fire can burn. No other planet has enough oxygen.

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03 Oct 2024 14:40

Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra can cause a person to see everything tinted with blue. This is referred to as Cyanopsia or blue vision.

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03 Oct 2024 08:30

Mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen,” inspired by Helen of Troy. A millihelen is defined as the amount of beauty required to launch a single ship.

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