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A behind the scenes footage of the James bond Crocodile scene 1973 by stuntman Ross Kananga.
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Due to their similar protein composition, blood can be used as an egg substitute in baking and making ice cream.
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Giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep in a 24 hour period.
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The name “zebra” comes from the Old Portuguese word Zevra which means “wild ass”
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Julius Caesar’s body was the subject of the earliest known recorded autopsy. Of the 23 stab wounds recorded, only one was potentially fatal on its own. The physician ruled his death due “mostly to blood loss.”
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Fennel tea and fennel seeds contain volatile oils that have antispasmodic properties and help prevent gastrointestinal problems like bloating, IBS and gas.
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Bloodhounds get 10 times more neuronal information from their nose than humans get from their eyes.
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In Buddhism, wrathful deities are enlightened beings who take on wrathful forms in order to lead sentient beings to enlightenment.
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In Japan, it is so common for people to die alone undiscovered for long periods of time that they have a term for it “Kodokushi”. “Their bodies lie in places undiscovered for long periods of time, and because of this, thick, dark stains shaped like a human body are left where their bodies once lay.”
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Lake Kivu is one of three lakes that undergoes limnic eruptions. These sudden releases of carbon dioxide kill every human and animal around the lake. It is estimated that the lake erupts about once every thousand years. Currently, about two million people live on the shores of Lake Kivu.
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History has proven that whenever a Lion and a Tiger in captivity get into a fight, the Tiger almost always wins.
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All of the critical smartphone technology including the battery, the touchscreen, and the multi-core processor is a direct result of multiple governments' research funding. Without this funding, smartphones would’ve been far more expensive, and taken much longer to develop
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The Copsey Brothers who were the first men to build a jail in Lower Lake, California, were also the first to occupy it, after celebrating its completion too enthusiastically in a local saloon. They also were the first to escape it, after they realized that they had forgotten to nail down the roof.
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In Suwon, a city close to Seoul, South Korea constructed a theme park in 2012 called the Restroom Cultural Park, also known as Mr. Toilet House, that is all about toilets and the waste that goes in them.
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An Uncut footage of an underwater atomic blast conducted by the United States in the Pacific as part of "Operation Hardtack", a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted from April to August 1958 at the height of the Cold War.
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There is a fish called the barreleye that has a transparent skull so that it can have a wider range of vision to look out for food and possible dangers.
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The eye color of owls indicates what time of day the owls prefer to be active.
Nocturnal owls: Have dark eyes, like the Barred Owl, and are active at night.
Diurnal owls: Have yellow eyes, and are active during the day.
Crepuscular owls: Have orange eyes, and are active at dawn or dusk.
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Bob Marley’s wife, Rita, was shot in the head during his attempted assassination. However, she had dreadlocks so thick, they saved her life.
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Goliath Grouper fish was once called the “Jewfish” but had its name changed because it was thought to be too offensive.
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Soviets created a poison called c-2 that physically shrunk human subjects and killed them within 15 minutes from administration.
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Along with being accused of cannibalism, early Christians in the Roman Empire were considered atheists because they denied all the other gods.
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Your veins look blue because subcutaneous fat only allows blue light to penetrate skin all the way to veins, so this is the color that is reflected back.
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The 8-hour workday was devised so that workers could evenly divide 24 hours between: “Eight hours’ labor, Eight hours’ recreation, Eight hours’ rest”
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Sprite was originally introduced as a mixer for whiskey and vodka
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When Amish couples are dating, part of the ritual is “Bed Courting” in which they lay in bed and cuddle, sometimes for up to a year.
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George Washington, the first US president, was bled to death by doctors, who were treating him for epiglottitis. Bloodletting was a common medical practice in those times in order to remove “dirty blood,” when in reality it only weakens the patient. Half or more of his blood was removed within a few hours
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In 1978 D.C. comics published Superman vs. Muhammad Ali.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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It is Unwise to shower during a thunderstorm because lightning can travel through your plumbing. The risk might be less with plastic pipes than with metal pipes.
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