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15 Aug 2024 08:05

People with higher IQs tend to stay up later and wake up later.

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14 Aug 2024 12:11

The word "Android" refers only to a male looking robot, for one that looks like a female the proper term is “Gynoid".

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13 Aug 2024 08:05

Six people can feast on one ostrich egg for breakfast.

On average one ostrich egg equals 24 chicken eggs.

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12 Aug 2024 10:54

Peeling an apple will remove 50% of its total fiber, and around 30% of its vitamin C.

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17 Jul 2024 09:05

There is no anti-venin for Blue Ring Octopus venom.

The tiny, often painless, bite causes total body paralysis and victims remain fully conscious as they suffocate, unable to call or signal for help. For this reason, Australian children are taught never to touch anything in a rock pool.

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16 Jul 2024 13:25

The Anglo-Saxons believed that Friday was such an unlucky day that they would slaughter any child unfortunate enough to be born on that day.

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15 Jul 2024 15:05

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14 Jul 2024 18:05

It is possible to literally sweat blood. Under extreme emotional or physical stress blood vessels that feed sweat glands can rupture, causing the glands to exude blood.

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13 Jul 2024 08:05

In 1995, a martial art professional from Hong Kong named Mo Ka Wang managed to lift over 250 pounds of weight with his erect penis.

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12 Jul 2024 08:05

The United States is the World's largest exporter of sperm.

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11 Jul 2024 08:05

In the 1940s, butt plugs were marketed as a headache remedy.

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10 Jul 2024 09:05

In some places such as Ontario, Canada, you can order weed on Uber Eats.

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09 Jul 2024 08:05

Memories are so easily manipulated that in 3 hours, You can be convinced You committed a crime that never happened.

Researchers did a study to understand more about why people have gone to jail for false confessions, and they were able to convince 70% of participants that they were guilty of a fake crime.

The college-age participants not only confessed, but they also described very detailed experiences that never actually happened.

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08 Jul 2024 08:05

A Man in China bought a first-class, fully refundable plane ticket, which gave him access to the airport's VIP lounge where high-rolling travelers can dine for free.

The man rescheduled his first-class ticket 300 times in one year to enjoy free meals. When the airline figured out his scheme and confronted him, he cancelled the ticket and got a full refund.

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07 Jul 2024 09:22

Some football matches are now filmed with AI-powered cameras designed to track the ball during play.

Much to the annoyance of viewers, during a 2020 Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs Ayr United match in Scotland, one camera kept confusing the ball with a bald-headed linesman.

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14 Aug 2024 19:23

Rasputin's penis was allegedly cut off after his 1916 murder, then later pickled and placed inside a jar that was put on display in a St. Petersburg museum.

Rasputin was one of the major figures of the late Russian Empire, who made world headlines for his influence, extravagant ways, and love affairs.

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13 Aug 2024 20:47

There’s a disease called Exercise-Induced anaphylaxis, which makes people allergic to exercise.

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12 Aug 2024 18:05

South Koreans can be punished for using cannabis in a country where it's legal upon return to South Korea.

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17 Jul 2024 18:05

There is a 300 page novel that doesn't use the letter "E" ones.

Georges Perec wrote it without the most common letter (in French) just for the heck of it.

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16 Jul 2024 21:30

This schoolboy's drawing helped police track down an Intruder.

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15 Jul 2024 19:05

You can't snore and dream at the same time.

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15 Jul 2024 10:19

It takes 713 gallons of water to make one cotton T-shirt.

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14 Jul 2024 11:40

In Southern Ethiopia there's a tribe known as Surma, where women’s beauty is determined by how large their lip plate is.

The lip plates are usually made of clay or wood and range between 4 and 25 centimeters. To be placed on the lip, two or four teeth are removed before the lower lip is cut to fit the lip plate. This lip plate process is usually done by their mother when they attain puberty.

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12 Jul 2024 22:05

Baby sharks eat each other in the womb until only one shark is born.

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11 Jul 2024 22:18

In 1999, an Australian man named Bill Morgan, was asked to reenact his recent lottery win for TV and ended up winning again on camera.

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10 Jul 2024 22:05

In ancient Rome, men who were found guilty of rape would have their testicles crushed between two stones.

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09 Jul 2024 21:05

Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste.

The whale's milk has a concentration of 35 to 50% fat, which makes it very thick, like toothpaste. This consistency allows the milk to pass through water without disintegrating.

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08 Jul 2024 21:05

After constantly eating raw beef over a couple of years, a man in China eventually had a 20 foot long tapeworm living in his small intestine, and it turned out that the tapeworm had been inside his small intestines for at least 2 years.

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07 Jul 2024 22:55

The Pentagon developed a laser that can identify people by their heartbeats from 600 feet away.

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06 Jul 2024 17:30

In 2018, robbers in Belgium were told by a shop owner that he might have more cash for them to steal if they came back at 6:30.

When they returned three hours later, they were promptly arrested by police who’d been tipped off.

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