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21 Oct 2024 22:22

Fidel Castro maintained busy working hours, often only going to bed at 3 or 4 a.m. He preferred to meet foreign diplomats in these early hours, believing that they would be tired and he could gain the upper hand in negotiations.

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21 Oct 2024 15:28

If you leave lime juice on your hands on a sunny day, your skin can get second degree burns and be discolored for years. It’s called “margarita dermatitis” because people often get it while making margaritas outside.

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21 Oct 2024 08:44

Cats have scent glands on their face that release a pheromone when they rub onto us to say that they are ours, and we are theirs.

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20 Oct 2024 13:58

“Gotham”, as a nickname for New York City, was coined by Washington Irving in 1807 and it literally means “Goat’s Town.”

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19 Oct 2024 21:40

Lemon juice makes fish taste and smell less ‘fishy’ because its acid neutralizes a chemical group in the fish called amines, making them non-volatile and stopping the smell.

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19 Oct 2024 13:37

Breastfeeding releases the hormone oxytocin, which helps the uterus return to its pre-pregnancy size and may reduce uterine bleeding after birth. Breastfeeding also lowers the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

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18 Oct 2024 15:51

Antibiotics are usually not effective for sore throats and common colds as they are caused by viruses rather than bacteria. Taking antibiotics for such illnesses is considered more harmful than beneficial.

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18 Oct 2024 10:59

Thailand, as part of their family planning program, has police officers who pass out condoms in a campaign called “Cops and Rubbers”.

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17 Oct 2024 16:16

The French name for cotton candy is “Barbe à papa”, which literally translates as “dad’s beard”.

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16 Oct 2024 20:54

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16 Oct 2024 11:53

Wedding cakes were originally white to symbolize purity and virginity. Since pure sugar was expensive, a whiter cake indicated your higher wealth and class.

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15 Oct 2024 17:22

Genghis Kahn killed enough people to cool the earth. He killed over 40 million people, the result of which, vast tracts of farmland were reclaimed by forests.

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15 Oct 2024 09:01

In Australia voting is compulsory and citizens over 18 are fined if they do not vote.

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14 Oct 2024 14:43

In Belgium, people with autism and other mental illnesses can request to be euthanized.

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13 Oct 2024 09:15

Once the Babylonians were able to predict when solar eclipses would occur, they would install a substitute king during this period. As they believed that these eclipses were an evil omen and this substitute king could be blamed. He usually was killed after, of course making the omen true.

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21 Oct 2024 10:52

It is a war crime to attack a parachuter bailing from a distressed aircraft.

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20 Oct 2024 21:29

A cat named Tibbles once started bringing dead birds to a lighthouse that were discovered to be a new species, the Stephens Island wren . They went extinct shortly after and Tibbles the cat was accused of being the only single living creature to eradicate a species.

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20 Oct 2024 11:17

Before the Western slave trade got going, North African pirates used to regularly kidnap Britons and other Europeans for sale as slaves in Africa. It is estimated that about 1.25 million Europeans were sold into the African slave trade between 1500-1800.

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19 Oct 2024 19:38

The French use the expression “the English have landed” (Les Anglais ont Débarqué) to say a woman is on her period.

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19 Oct 2024 10:04

Iceland sits on both Europe and North America continents.

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18 Oct 2024 13:23

Caring for someone with a chronic illness can lead to PTSD-like symptoms in the caregiver.

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17 Oct 2024 17:22

Scientology isn’t legally considered a religion in all countries. Switzerland identifies it as a commercial enterprise, France and Chile as a cult, and Norway as a non-profit.

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17 Oct 2024 09:06

Taiwan claims to be the rightful ruler of all of China and Mongolia.

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16 Oct 2024 14:55

It took Tokyo about 3 hours before they realized Hiroshima had been bombed.

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15 Oct 2024 20:26

Ancient Babylonians were first to brew beer. They took their beer-making so seriously, that if one brewed a bad batch, they were to be drowned in it.

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15 Oct 2024 10:56

The North African elephant species was driven to extinction by the Ancient Romans who used them for public games in the Colosseum.

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14 Oct 2024 17:01

The anti-piracy group responsible for the ad on all your DVDs was sued for stealing the theme song.

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14 Oct 2024 07:56

The Greek name for the Mosquito is Anopheles, translating to “good-for-nothing.”

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12 Oct 2024 21:58

Spiked dog collars were originally made to protect dog’s necks when attacked by wolves.

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