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27 Sep 2024 09:47

The World record for the most people kissed is held by Alfred Wolfram of Minnesota, who kissed 11,030 people in 8 hours.

That's more than 16 people a minute, at a festival in 1998.

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26 Sep 2024 12:41

Joan Ginther, a woman with a PhD in maths, won the scratch lottery 4 times totally winning $20 million by figuring out the algorithm of the ticket production.

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25 Sep 2024 08:05

The world's most expensive cheese is made from Donkey's milk.

Pule cheese or magareći sir, is a Serbian cheese made from 60% Balkan donkey milk and 40% goat's milk. The cheese is produced in Zasavica Nature Reserve. Pule is reportedly the "world's most expensive cheese", fetching $1300 per kg.

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23 Sep 2024 11:27

In 1746, a Swedish king tried to prove coffee was unhealthy by having one man drink large amounts of coffee and his identical twin drinks the same amount of tea every day for the rest of their lives.

Both twins outlived the doctors in charge of the experiment and the king himself.

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21 Sep 2024 18:05

A 60-year old truck driver sued the Tokyo hospital, where he was born after discovering that he was accidentally switched with another newborn in 1953.

He ended up with a poor single mother while the other baby grew up to own a real estate company under his rich biological parents.

The hospital was ordered by court to pay ¥38m (£227,000) for damages.

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20 Sep 2024 19:31

10 Weirdest Jobs that pays well

10) Dog Food Taster
9) Snake Milker
8) Professional Mourner
7) Full Time Netflix Viewer
6) Professional Sleeper

5) Bed Warmer
4) Professional snuggler/cuddling
3) Professional line stander
2) Adult Toy Taster
1) Professional Fart smeller

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19 Sep 2024 22:30

There’s a pub in Ireland that’s been running for more than 1,100 years!

Sean’s Bar in Athlone in Ireland has been open for business since about 900 AD, with records of every owner of the pub since its founding.
While surprising at first, it makes sense that it has stood the test of time.

Sean’s Bar is in the middle of a town that’s pretty much smack-bang in the center of Ireland.

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19 Sep 2024 11:05

Bird saliva is a delicacy in China.

One expensive delicacy of China is Bird’s nest soup which is made from rare bird’s nests created from the saliva of small swiftlets.

They have been used in China for over four centuries.

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08 Sep 2024 22:36

'The Cat Poop Parasite that will make you Attractive'

Some sexually transmitted parasites can make people appear more attractive, and even make a person’s face more symmetrical.

Researchers believe that these parasites make infected people appear more desirable in an attempt to contaminate as many hosts as possible.

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07 Sep 2024 13:58

The word “peacock” does not actually apply to both male and female birds.

It’s only the males that are called peacocks, while the females are called peahens. Together, the collective name for them is “peafowl.”

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06 Sep 2024 17:05

Males born with a condition known as diphallia or penile duplication have two penises.

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05 Sep 2024 21:41

A silverback gorilla could deadlift 1,800 lbs or 815kg.

To give you a better idea, the deadlift world record is just over 1,100 pounds (500kg). This should come as no real surprise, as gorillas are the largest primates in existence.

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05 Sep 2024 09:10

Honey does not spoil. You could feasibly eat 3000 year old honey.

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03 Sep 2024 14:09

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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02 Sep 2024 16:27

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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26 Sep 2024 21:44

The Gypsy Vanner is a breed of horse that can grow a mustache.

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25 Sep 2024 20:39

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has streets named after every African country.

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24 Sep 2024 08:05

Brown sugar is no different than white sugar.

Brown sugar is no less refined than white sugar. The only difference is the fact that some of the molasses that gets removed in the refining process is added back in.

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22 Sep 2024 10:46

Two brothers from a set of triplets tricked prison authorities in Russia when one brother swapped places with the other to give him a brief taste of freedom.

Rather than returning, the freed brother ran off with his brother's girlfriend. It took years for the authorities to realize they had actually been fooled.

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21 Sep 2024 11:57

Popular raw meat dishes around the world

1)Tartare=France 🇫🇷
2)Kitfo =Ethiopia 🇪🇹
3)Carpaccio=Italy 🇮🇹
4)Ossenworst=Netherlands 🇳🇱
5)Yukhoe=Korean 🇰🇷
6)Carne Apache=Mexico 🇲🇽
7)Koi Soi=Thailand 🇹🇭
8)Kibbeh Nayyeh=Lebanon 🇱🇧
9)Cig Kofte=Turkiye 🇹🇷
10)Carne de onca=Brazil 🇧🇷

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20 Sep 2024 10:43

Egyptian Pharaohs were once required to masturbate into the River Nile to keep its flow cycle stable. The event was known as the Fertility Festival.

The Fertility festival or Min festival was part of ritual at the end of the year where, the pharaoh would masturbate then ejaculate into the river, making sure that his semen flowed with the current.

After the pharaoh, other men would then come over and release their seeds as well.The entire process was believed to have brought more prosperity and blessings to the people.

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19 Sep 2024 18:05

South Korean plastic surgeons are so skilled that people from China and Japan who visit the country for surgeries have trouble re-entering because their faces no longer match their passport photographs.

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09 Sep 2024 09:05

Humans are expected to lose 50–58 hours of sleep a year by 2099, as global temperatures continue to rise

We sleep less as nighttime temperatures increase

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07 Sep 2024 22:12

This African craftsman recycles old tires into shoes and he is so good that he can measure your feet and make you that fits you perfectly.

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06 Sep 2024 21:05

20/20 vision means the eye can see normally at 20 feet.

20/15 is better; the eye can see at 20 feet what another eye sees at 15 feet.

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06 Sep 2024 08:16

In ancient Egypt, cats were considered sacred.

When a family's favorite cat died, the whole family would shave off their eyebrows and mourn until the eyebrows grew back.

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05 Sep 2024 17:05

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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04 Sep 2024 08:05

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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02 Sep 2024 20:39

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01 Sep 2024 19:35

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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