The last 'human zoo' was opened in 1994 in France.
Twenty-five Ivorians, including children, had their passports confiscated and were kept for six months without pay. During that time, they were forced to work bare-chested, sleep in huts, and were treated only by veterinarians.
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Originally, tennis was played with bare hands.
During the 12th century, Tennis was first played in France. The game was played by using your palm, to hit the ball back to your opponent.
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Doomsday Vault
Bill Gates and other investors have secured a 'doomsday seed vault' to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, Norway
The Seed Vault safeguards duplicates of over 1 million variety of seed samples from almost every country in the world, with room for millions more. Its purpose is to backup genebank collections to secure the foundation of our future food supply,after in case of an apocalyptic event or a global catastrophe, to rebuild the world again.
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In ancient Babylon, doctors who failed to cure a patient or caused death could have their hands cut off as punishment.
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Youngest mom in history.
Lina Medina was just 5 years and 7 months, when she gave birth to her 2.7kg son.
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Rhinoplasty (nose reconstruction surgery) has been performed since 3000 BC in Egypt, and a 600 BC Indian technique using a flap of skin from the cheek to reconstruct the nose is still in use today.
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Parasomnia is a sleep disorder that causes involuntary actions and movements during sleep - It's even led to driving, robberies and murder.
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Eggplants contain nicotine.
if you're willing to eat around 20 eggplants at once, it's equivalent same as one cigarette. Also potato & tomato reportedly contain a small trace of nicotine
Nicotine has been widely used as an insecticide both in plant and animal production.
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Why Do We Look Attractive in the Mirror and but ugly in photos?
This is because the reflection you see every day in the mirror is the one you perceive to be original and hence a better-looking version of yourself. So, when you look at a photo of yourself, your face seems to be the wrong way as it is reversed than how you are used to seeing it.
This is exactly the reason you may feel you are the least photogenic person in a group, as everybody else’s face is the way you see them every day, except yours. Another factor that comes to play is the facial asymmetries that the refection in the mirror dials down.
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Bolivia's largest prison, San Pedro, has a society within itself, with no guards inside the walls. It has shops and restaurants run by inmates.
Inmates elect their own leaders, get jobs to pay for their cell's rent, and can even live with their wives and children.
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More people die from falling coconuts than from shark attacks.
Each year worldwide there are 10 deaths attributable to shark attacks compared with 150 deaths worldwide caused by falling coconuts.
More people each year are killed by elephants, crocodiles, bees, and wars and many other dangers that confront us, than by sharks.
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On average, South Koreans consume 11.2 shots a week of hard liquor
The world's second-largest consumers of hard liquor are Russians, who consume an average of 5 shots a week.
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Someone posted about Michael Jackson's death with 100% exact details 5 hours earlier before his actual death on Wikipedia.
No one paid attention because everyone thought it was a prank. No single detail was ever found about that person.
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Honey does not spoil. You could feasibly eat 3000 year old honey.
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Eating carrots can turn your skin orange.
Carrots are full of the natural pigment beta-carotene. This pigment is what gives carrots their vibrant orange color.
If you eat an excessive amount of carrots, the beta-carotene can enter your bloodstream. This would give your skin an orange glow!
The medical name for this condition is carotenemia.
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Chocolate cosmos is a flower that smells like chocolate.
Chocolate Cosmos is a rare flower that you'd gladly stop and smell, seeing as its most distinct feature is that it has a chocolate scent. With velvety-red petals and a center that's nearly black, the flower easily reminds people of different desserts.
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Brushing your teeth will keep your heart healthier. People with gum disease have a 25–50% higher chance of getting cardiovascular disease.
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Lobsters are cooked alive because they have harmful bacteria naturally present in their flesh.
Once the lobster is dead, these bacteria can rapidly multiply and release toxins that may not be destroyed by cooking.
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A Chemist who tested drugs for police departments in thousands of court cases was high almost every day she went to work for eight years.
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Labradorite is an unusual mineral, is a fascinating stone also known as the stone of magic.
In the metaphysical world, labradorite is considered one of the most powerful protectors, is a powerful and spiritual stone that offers both protection and strengthening to those who wear it. known for its ability to repel negative energies and outside influences.
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In ancient Rome, men who were found guilty of rape would have their testicles crushed between two stones.
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Tech companies often test new products in New Zealand because they’re an ethnically diverse, tech-savvy, and English-speaking nation, yet still relatively isolated.
If a product is a flop there, news is unlikely to spread quickly to the rest of the world and damage a company’s reputation.
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The first documented case of cancer dates back to Ancient Egypt, in 1500 B.C.
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Pavel Durov, The Telegram founder, was detained by French security services at Paris' Le Bourget airport as he exited his private jet.
Durov faces 20 years in prison. He will soon appear in court as a French citizen.
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On the Indonesian island of Tana Toraja, if a baby dies before he starts teething, the family cuts a hole in a tree and places the dead child inside. The tree regrows around the baby and absorbs it.
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The Anogenital Distance (the length of one's taint, i.e. distance between junk and anus) is a thing that scientists have studied and a larger AGD ratio is linked to greater fertility.
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A Rare tumor called a limbal dermoid, can cause hair to grow out of a person's eyeball.
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