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16 Feb 2023 09:05

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time.

Though it varies depending on what it's measuring, when used in a scientific or mathematic context, a jiffy is typically considered to be 0.01 seconds, or 10 milliseconds.

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14 Feb 2023 09:05

Crows in captivity can learn to speak better than parrots.

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12 Feb 2023 09:05

In 1849, enslaved American Henry Brown boxed himself up and mailed himself to a state where slavery was illegal. He left the box a free man.

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10 Feb 2023 13:30

There are snakes with two heads, which compete with each other for food.

The fact that some snakes are born with two heads is pretty incredible as is, but what about the added detail that these heads are actually two distinct parts that both work with one another and also see each other as competition?

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08 Feb 2023 10:05

Sexsomnia, also called sleep sex, is a disorder in which sleeping people engage in sexual behaviors such as masturbation or initiating sex with another person. Even if their eyes open and they make sexual noises, they are truly asleep and unaware of their behavior once they are awake.

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06 Feb 2023 11:05

The longest tennis rally lasted over 12 hours.

Italian athletes Simone Frediani and Daniele Pecci earned the world record for the longest tennis rally ever on June 11, 2017.

Hitting for more than 12 and a half hours straight—from 6:23 a.m. to 7 p.m.—the two took a total of 51,283 uninterrupted strokes, sipping from water-filled backpacks to hydrate without having to stop play.

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04 Feb 2023 09:05

The world record for the tallest stack of doughnuts totaled more than 3,000.

Measuring almost 5-feet tall, the pyramid-shaped tower was made up of 3,100 doughnuts. According to Guinness World Records, the structure was "designed on a number of different software products to ensure its structural integrity." The organizers behind the project enlisted the help of a structural engineer and an architect, who eventually concluded a pyramid shape would give them "the best combination of stability and height."

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02 Feb 2023 11:05

The tea bag was an accidental invention.

In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.

After such positive feedback from the happy accident, Sullivan designed intentional teabags for commercial production. In the 1920s, his sachets made of gauze—and later, paper—included the string with the tag hanging over the side so the bag could be easily removed. Some things really do stay the same.

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31 Jan 2023 20:44

Naples, Italy is creating a DNA database of all its resident dogs.

Any dog poo found left on the sidewalk will be tested against the database, and the owner of the dog will be fined €500

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30 Jan 2023 18:27

Unconditional Love Charity

Primarily aids the homeless, the elderly, and those with mental illnesses. They are washed, given new clothes, and fed by the volunteers.

You can help by making a donation of any size to

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1000482090137
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or by volunteering to do free services.

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27 Jan 2023 09:05

Riding a roller coaster could help you pass a kidney stone.

After multiple people reported they had passed a kidney stone while riding Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride, a research team from Michigan State University decided to investigate the phenomena in 2016. They conducted tests with a model kidney and found that there was a 64 percent kidney stone pass rate for those seated in the rear of the Thunder Mountain ride. That number was just 16 percent for those seated in the front.

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26 Jan 2023 09:05

The word "honeymoon" itself is derived from the Scandinavian practice of drinking mead, or fermented honey, during the first month of the marriage (measured by one moon cycle) in order to improve the likelihood of conception.

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25 Jan 2023 09:05

The longest run ever taken was by Dean Karnazes . He ran 350 miles in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005. It has been theorized that Karnazes has a condition called Lactate Dehydrogenase Syndrome in which he does not produce lactic acid during exercise.

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23 Jan 2023 09:05

For 20 years, a cat served as mayor of an Alaskan town.

In 1997, an orange cat names Stubbs became honorary mayor of the Alaskan town of Talkeetna. With a population of 772 in 2000, it would not have taken too many votes to earn the position (and the small town did not actually have a real, human mayor. anyway), but Stubbs proved adept at the role, gaining fans from around the world and "serving" in the position for years, greeting tourists and becoming a beloved symbol of the town until his death in 2017.

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21 Jan 2023 15:05

A Utah mom discovered she had accidentally married her cousin while pregnant with his baby.

Through an online baby name search the couple realized they had the same great-grandparents, making them 3rd cousins.

Scared for her baby the woman immediately researched the harm of having a child with your 3rd cousin, but was relieved to find that for relationships that far removed the baby should be unaffected. The couple had chosen to stay together despite this new knowledge and now will celebrate their 13th anniversary and family of 4 children.

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15 Feb 2023 09:05

A Newborn baby kangaroo can fit in a teaspoon.

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12 Feb 2023 17:05

Smarter people are more likely to underestimate themselves, while dumber people are more likely to believe they're brilliant

It's called the Dunning-Kruger Effect

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11 Feb 2023 09:05

Smoking dead scorpions to get high is a practice in Pakistan. Users crush the scorpions into powder and mix with tobacco or hash.

Supposedly the high lasts for almost 10 hours. The first six hours are painful, as the body adjusts to the high. Slowly, the feeling eases into enjoyment and everything appears like it is dancing.

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09 Feb 2023 10:30

Aphantasia - this is a condition that blocks the mind’s eye, it affects 2-5% of people globally and reduces their ability to remember the past, imagine the future, and even dream.

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07 Feb 2023 09:05

There is a fish with transparent bones and white blood.

The Antarctic blackfin icefish, not only does this creature lack scales and have transparent bones, but it's also unique in that it doesn't have red blood cells or hemoglobin pigments for transporting oxygen, causing the fish to have a very unique characteristic: white blood.

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05 Feb 2023 09:05

More than 800 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea.

It's hard to imagine anyone being able to speak—or even understand—all of the 850-plus indigenous languages that are spoken in Papua New Guinea. And in reality, most people don't. Many of the languages in the country—such as Nihali—are only spoken and understood by a few thousand people in the world. Still, the sheer number of languages that exist in Papua New Guinea make it one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world.

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03 Feb 2023 09:05

Red rain once fell in India.

Back on July 25, 2001, "blood-red rain fell over the Kerala district of western India," according to The Guardian. The strange drops even "turned local people's clothes pink." Yellow, green, and black rain also fell in other districts in the area, according to The Hindu. It's believed that the rainwater turned various colors due to the fact that the wind had swept up similarly colored sand before it came down with the rain.

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01 Feb 2023 09:04

In Spanish, the word "esposas" means both "wives" and "handcuffs."

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31 Jan 2023 15:45

Xenoglossy refers to a phenomenon in which people begin to speak in other languages, not 'acquired by natural means'.

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30 Jan 2023 13:05

The World's longest recorded engagement lasted for 67 years.

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26 Jan 2023 17:40

The longest prison sentence ever was 141,078 years handed to Chamoy Thipyaso for corporate fraud.

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25 Jan 2023 20:30

Unconditional Love Charity

Primarily aids the homeless, the elderly, and those with mental illnesses. They are washed, given new clothes, and fed by the volunteers.

You can help by making a donation of any size to

Commercial bank
1000482090137
Unconditional love charity organization

or by volunteering to do free services.

📞 0911837785 / 0921609442

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24 Jan 2023 12:45

We always see half rainbow from ground. But it looks completely circular when we see it from high altitude.

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22 Jan 2023 17:05

This walrus received a birthday cake made of fish. His reaction was the cutest.

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21 Jan 2023 08:30

The jaguar is one of the few members of the cat family who can hunt well not only on the ground, but also under water.

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