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A CIA handbook taught torture methods, and stressed the importance of psychological over physical torture. The threat of inflicting pain triggered fears more damaging than the pain itself, because people often underestimated their capacity to withstand pain.
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It is physically impossible for pigs 🐖 to look up straight to the sky. It's the anatomy of their neck muscles and the spine that limits the movement of their head up and restricts them to look totally upwards.
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It is impossible to sneeze while you are asleep since during REM sleep, many muscles in the body are temporarily paralyzed
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The Japanese army planned to have every man, woman and child to fight America to the death Kamikaze style even after Hiroshima. They even attempted a coup when the Emperor gave word to surrender.
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When you get blackout drunk you don’t actually forget anything. Your brain just wasn’t “recording” in the first place.
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In Iran, boys can’t be held responsible for a crime until they reach the age of 15. For girls, the age of criminal responsibility is 9.
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Panspermia is the hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe, distributed by meteoroids, asteroids, spacecraft etc. in form of extremophile types of bacteria. If met with ideal conditions on a new planet’s surfaces, the organisms become active and the process of evolution begins.
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Ablaut reduplication, an unwritten rule in the English language stating that “if there are three words then the order must go I, A, O. If there are two words then the 1st is I and the 2nd is either A or O.” It is the reason we say tick-tock, not tock-tick, ding-dong not dong-ding etc.
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Afraid of flying, Muhammad Ali spent his first flight praying with the parachute strapped to his back. He was heading to Rome.
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Crocodiles don’t sweat. To keep cool, they open their mouths in a process that is called “mouth gaping,” which is a lot like panting.
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Andrew Myrick, a trader who told starving Dakota residents to "eat grass" and refused to sell them food on credit was killed on the first day of the Dakota War of 1862. His head was cut off, and his mouth was stuffed with grass.
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In August 2006, Bahrain’s government banned Google Earth because it allowed Bahraini citizens to see vast tracts of royal-owned land and palaces next to poor and overcrowded Shi’ite villages.
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Male cheetahs have a special bark that causes female cheetahs to ovulate "on demand."
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In 1938 Mexico was the only country to protest against the German annexation of Austria.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless
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Penguins’ legs are longer than they look and they actually have knees.
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The big bang theory in physics was first published on April Fools Day and the principal authors included co-author Bethe so their theory would be known as by Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow (like alpha, beta, gamma).
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Savannah Cats can be domesticated. They grow to be as large as a medium sized-dog, and have the loyalty and playfulness of canines.
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Moscow street dogs display specialized behaviors that differentiate them from domesticated dogs & wolves: pack leaders tend to be the most intelligent rather than the strongest, and packs tend to deploy its cuter members first, as they are more successful in begging for food from people.
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The golden circle on the flag of Portugal represents an armillary sphere, a nautical device used by Portuguese sailors exploring unknown seas during the Age of Discoveries.
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Dead cat bounce is a Wall Street term that refers to a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining stock.
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Taking fenugreek not only promotes lactation in nursing mothers, but it also makes sweat and urine smell like maple syrup.
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The oldest running car, built in 1884, sold in 2011 for $4.6 million. “La Marquise” – top speed: 38 mph (61 km/h) runs on coal, wood, and bits of paper, taking 30–40 minutes to build up enough steam to drive.
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A comet’s tail doesn’t follow the comet, instead, it points away from the sun.
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“A sentence must not end in a preposition.” is one of many misconceptions about the English language that even native speakers can’t get rid of.
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The Tempest Prognosticator, also known as the leech barometer, was a 19th century device that kept 12 leeches inside small bottles. They attempted to climb out of the bottles when a storm was approaching, causing a bell to ring. The number of times the bell was struck indicated the likelihood of a storm.
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Each silk strand in a corn on the cob connects to an individual kernel of corn.
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In 2018 a featureless app called “I am rich” was released on the app store for $999.99 (equivalent to $1,456.82 in 2025). 8 people purchased it before apple removed it the next day.
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In April 2013, someone hacked the Associated Press’s Twitter account and tweeted that two bombs had exploded at the White House. The stock market crashed within seconds, only to recover the same day once the tweet was discovered to be a hoax.
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