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A “dash” is 1/8 of a teaspoon, a “pinch” is 1/16 of a teaspoon, and a “smidgen” is 1/32 of a teaspoon
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If a Catholic priest reveals anything someone confessed to him for any reason at all, he is automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church and can only be forgiven by the Pope.
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The word “honeymoon” originated from the tradition of giving newly weds a month’s supply of mead on their wedding night.
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Cephalotes varians or the Turtle Ant is a species of ant whose head has evolved into a “door” that can block the entrance to its nest.
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The average price of an expedition to Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, is $50,000.
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The Satiyaa community is a gypsy tribe in the Indian state of Rajasthan that celebrates death as one of the happiest events in their lives, while treating births as occasions of great grief.
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Whales are sometimes born with a leg or two
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Firewalking is not achieved through meditation or a higher spiritual state, but that anyone can do it because hot coals are a poor conductor of heat and therefore will not transfer the heat quickly enough to burn you.
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Codex Seraphinianus is an illustrated encyclopedia of an unknown, parallel world, written in an unknown language using an unknown alphabet.
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In WW1 British spies would use semen as invisible in for their letters.
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In the Old Testament, Yahweh (God) actually sues Israel for breach of contract (the Sinai covenant). It is the only instance of God initiating a lawsuit against humans in the Bible. This is known as a "covenant lawsuit".
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The DNA within each cell is almost 2 m long, but it is constrained in no more than 6 micro meters.
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The Teton mountains in Wyoming USA, were named by French trappers who thought they resembled breasts (teton is French slang for breast) so Grand Teton National Park translates to Big Breasts National Park.
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Anwar Sadat of Egypt made peace with Israel in 1979, the first Arab nation to do so. For this, Sadat won the Nobel Peace prize, Egypt was suspended from the Arab League, and Sadat was assassinated.
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Crows recognize human faces and hold grudges against ones they do not like.
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Australia is the only continent without any glaciers.
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The word breakfast comes from the Middle English phrase breken fast, which means "to break one's fast". It's an amalgam of the words break and fast. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night.
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There is a positive correlation between vitamin D and testosterone levels in men. The more sunlight exposure a man gets the more likely it is that he has elevated testosterone levels.
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Russians have a word “Zapoi” to describe several days of continuous drunkenness during which one withdraws from society.
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Tonsils are strategically placed near the airway in order to “catch” incoming bacteria and viruses. They often become infected as their main purpose is to sample these bodies and build up immunity so that the much more vulnerable lungs are able to fight off infection.
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Inbreeding and the rare genetic condition called methemoglobinemia resulted in a blue-skinned family in Kentucky named the Fugates.
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Applying a male's underarm sweat to a female's lips is known to help women relax, boost their mood and help regulate their menstrual cycle.
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The distress calls of baby mammals share similar elements across species. A study in the Canadian prairies showed that mother deers rushed towards recorded cries not only of infant deers, but also those of fur seals, dogs, cats and humans
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Humans actually possess the protein (cryptochromes) needed for the detection of magnetic fields. But our brains don’t seem to have any way to decode the information.
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A lungfish can spend 4 years out of water. This species gets approximately 90 percent of its oxygen from air. It digs its way into mud and surrounds itself with a secretion that will allow it to survive for up to four years, although it's usually only for a matter of months before the waters return.
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In 2006, NASA admitted that they no longer had the original video tapes of the moon landing because they recorded over them.
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The Hairy Ball theorem dictates that, if there is wind on Earth, there must always be a cyclone or anticyclone somewhere.
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‘The Napoleonic Code’ gave women the right to divorce, freedom of religion, forbade privileges based on birth, and instituted much more. It’s regarded as one of the few documents that have influenced the world.
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Bug zappers can spread a mist containing insect parts up to 2.1 m from the device, meaning air around the bug zapper can become contaminated by bacteria and viruses that can be inhaled by people or settle on food.
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It took 23.5 tonnes of ancient, buried plants to produce 1 litre of petrol.
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