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11 Mar 2025 13:55

A woman in Florida allowed an 84-year-old lady to go ahead of her in line at Publix, where they were both waiting to buy Powerball tickets.

The elderly lady ended up winning the $590 million jackpot.

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10 Mar 2025 07:35

Service dogs are trained to recognize when they are on duty.

Wearing their harness signifies work mode; once removed, they often become more relaxed and playful.

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09 Mar 2025 10:44

Women account for 85% of all consumer spending in the United States.

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07 Mar 2025 21:27

There is a plant called the Skeleton Flower whose petals turn transparent when wet and then revert back to white when dry.

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06 Mar 2025 15:35

A man underwent dialysis treatments every week for 38 years, likely one of the longest durations on record.

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17 Oct 2024 23:04

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17 Oct 2024 08:05

Staying awake for 17 hours has the same effect on your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.

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15 Oct 2024 08:05

In 1871, lawyer Clement Vallandigham was defending a client accused of murder.

In demonstrating how the victim might have accidentally shot himself, he accidentally shot himself.

He died. His client was acquitted.

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13 Oct 2024 09:05

Kenya is the only country in the world where people can watch Netflix for free.

Netflix has a free mobile plan in the country.

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12 Oct 2024 14:14

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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10 Oct 2024 09:05

In 2004, Swedish authorities deployed emergency services to provide a "condom ambulance".

If you needed a condom urgently, you could call them for an emergency condom delivery.

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09 Oct 2024 19:42

It's possible for a woman to menstruate through their bellybutton (umbilical endometriosis).

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08 Oct 2024 21:05

The earwax of Europeans and Africans is light to dark brown, sticky and moist. The earwax of Asians is colourless or grey, brittle and dry.

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07 Oct 2024 18:05

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2M) away from a toilet, to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

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06 Oct 2024 18:05

Ancient Greek athletes had their spleens removed to help them run faster.

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10 Mar 2025 15:37

Sweden is so efficient at recycling that it imports waste from other countries, including Norway, to fuel its energy programs.

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09 Mar 2025 20:50

In the 6th century a Swedish king, to demonstrate his low opinion of the Danes sent a small dog to Denmark and officially made it their king.

Appointing dogs to rule the conquered became a tradition in Scandinavia. They were given thrones and mansions and routinely signed paw-print decrees. 

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08 Mar 2025 17:50

IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was so frugal that he reused teabags pocketed salt packets, and drove a 1993 Volvo, despite being worth $58.7 billion at the time of his passing.

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07 Mar 2025 15:27

If you shout or make a sound that is 1,100 dB, it will create a black hole destroying our galaxy.

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06 Mar 2025 07:31

Studies show that night owls outperform early risers in cognitive tasks.

Research on 26,000 people revealed that late sleepers scored higher in intelligence, reasoning and memory tests.

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17 Oct 2024 16:05

The Most expensive coffee in the world 'kopi luwak', comes from cat poop.

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16 Oct 2024 10:04

At least seven taxi drivers in northeast Japan have reported picking up the ghost of a person who died in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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14 Oct 2024 10:40

The distance of a mile was defined by ancient Roman armies marching one thousand paces (mille passus). The nautical mile is based on the size of the earth.

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12 Oct 2024 21:53

One-third of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.

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11 Oct 2024 09:51

In 1993, a man named James Scott purposely damaged a levee and caused a massive flood of the Mississippi River only to stall his wife from coming home so that he could party.

His actions flooded 14,000 acres of farmland, destroyed buildings, and closed a bridge. He was convicted of "intentionally causing a catastrophe" and is still in prison serving a life sentence.

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09 Oct 2024 22:31

India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.

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09 Oct 2024 09:05

The Nazis made butter from coal.

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08 Oct 2024 10:15

An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand.

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07 Oct 2024 09:22

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 Oct 2024 09:46

In November 2021, a student was reportedly sentenced to death in North Korea for smuggling copies of Netflix's “Squid Game” into the country. Six others who watched the show were sentenced to five years of hard labor.

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