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10 Nov 2023 08:05

British Spies used sperm as invisible ink during world war.

The method worked However, the use of semen as invisible ink was ceased because of the smell it produced for the eventual receiver.

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09 Nov 2023 09:05

Photographer Claudio Picci took this amazing shot for the 2020 International Photography Awards

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07 Nov 2023 15:05

On the day of South Korea's university entrance exams, the entire country goes quiet.

Shops close, construction stops, and planes are grounded - so that students can focus on their exams.

Students that are late can even get a police escort to make sure they make it in time.

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05 Nov 2023 20:05

The Wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months.

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04 Nov 2023 21:15

A Dolphin named Peter, fell in love with an adult Female Human and committed suicide after the two were separated.

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03 Nov 2023 16:16

Vladmir Komarov, The man who fell from space in 1967.

A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight.


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31 Oct 2023 19:05

Cataplexy is a rare sleep disorder that causes sufferers to fall asleep whenever they laugh.

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28 Oct 2023 10:05

Not only is it possible for women to get pregnant while already pregnant, but they can also get pregnant from two men at the same time.

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26 Oct 2023 18:45

A Californian couple named Helen & Les Brown were both born on December 31st, 1918. They married for 75 years and both lived to the age of 94 until they both died in 2013, one day apart.


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22 Oct 2023 14:25

A Chinese start-up has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips, which simultaneously move when replaying kisses received.

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21 Oct 2023 13:21

Your chances of dying on the way to buying lottery tickets are higher than your chances of winning the lottery.

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19 Oct 2023 14:10

A Man named Jean-Claude Romand lied to his parents about passing the first and second year of medical examinations, despite never taking the exams. He never revealed the truth and continued to craft an elaborate lie.

For 18 years, his family and friends thought that he was a successful medical professional and researcher. When the truth was finally about to come out, he killed his wife, children, and parents.

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16 Oct 2023 14:45

Japan has a network of roads that play music as you drive over them at a correct speed.

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14 Oct 2023 10:15

A recent study on animal behaviour found out that dogs enjoyed listening to music, with the most popular genre being reggae. Cats prefer classical.

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12 Oct 2023 10:05

British Army soldier, Craig Harrison, once held the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat. The Corporal of Horse shot from a distance of 2,475 meters (1.5 miles), and the bullet took over six seconds to reach the target and dropped 120.95 m (396.8 ft).

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09 Nov 2023 20:20

During the Edo period in Japan, which lasted from 1603 to 1868, rich women would hire female servants called "heoibikuni" to take the blame for their farts.

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08 Nov 2023 12:17

In Norway, to change your last name to one that fewer than 200 people have, you must ask permission from everyone that has that name.

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06 Nov 2023 17:30

Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten in China as a delicacy. Even though most Chinese people don't eat cats or dogs, as many as four million cats a year are estimated to be killed for the meat trade.

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05 Nov 2023 18:15

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04 Nov 2023 16:05

Swiss researchers have identified a potential link between mobile phone use and reduced sperm counts in
young men.

The study was published in the journal- Fertility and Sterility & analyzed semen samples from over 2,800 participants.

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01 Nov 2023 16:05

Iceland has such a low crime rate that tourists sometimes spend the night in empty cells of local prisons who have not found a better place to sleep.

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29 Oct 2023 08:05

Brazil prohibits the arrest of persons under the age of 18. Therefore, the police arrested this guy right at his birthday party, after singing "Happy Birthday" to him.

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27 Oct 2023 13:40

In Ancient Rome, condemned prisoners would be executed onstage when they needed "actors" for death scenes in theater performances.

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24 Oct 2023 08:10

In Egypt around 1500 B.C., a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Egyptian women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths.

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21 Oct 2023 21:05

In the United States, a divorce takes place roughly every 13.2 seconds, totaling about 277 divorces per hour, 6,646 per day, 46,523 per week, and a staggering 2,419,196 per year, highlighting the prevalence of divorce in the society.

In the brief time it takes for a couple to exchange their wedding vows, which typically lasts about 2 minutes, approximately 9 divorces occur in the United States.

This means that during the average 5-hour wedding ceremony, roughly 1,385 divorces take place. The topic of divorce has received extensive attention, with numerous studies exploring various factors influencing
relationships and divorce rates.

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20 Oct 2023 18:30

Spider fighting is a popular sport in the Philippines, Japan, and Sinagpore especially among children who can make money off it.

The fights that occur in the Philippines and in Japan are staged between females of various species of web weavers.

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18 Oct 2023 18:05

During the victorian era, special cups were made to keep your moustache out of your tea.

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15 Oct 2023 13:35

Everyone wearing a mask while attending a football game in 1918. This was 105 years ago.

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13 Oct 2023 12:30

The Allied Forces once plotted to feminize Adolf Hitler by injecting estrogen into his carrots.

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11 Oct 2023 17:15

The Official record holder on the Guinness Book of Records for masturbation is the Japanese Masanobu Sato.

In 2009, the oriental guy continuously stimulated himself with his hands for 9 hours and 58 minutes at the annual Masturbate‑a‑thon championship in San Francisco.

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