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26 Mar 2025 22:23

An Earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River (in U.S.A) to flow backwards for several hours.

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25 Mar 2025 15:35

The Miracle berry is a unique fruit that, when consumed, temporarily alters your taste perception.

Prevents your taste buds from detecting sour flavors for approximately thirty minutes. As a result, sour foods can taste surprisingly sweet.

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24 Mar 2025 14:45

The British pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use. It is around 1200 years old.

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22 Mar 2025 15:34

In the Alaskan town of Utqiagvik (formerly known as 'Barrow'), once the Sun sets on November 18, it does not rise again until January 23.

During this period of about 66 days, the Sun remains below the horizon.

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21 Mar 2025 15:37

The Most corrosive acid is Fluoroantimonic acid, with a pH of -31.3.

It is 100,000 billion billion times more potent than stomach acid.

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20 Mar 2025 20:07

The human brain doesn’t have pain receptors. Thus brain surgery is performed while people are awake.

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20 Mar 2025 07:32

Max Planck's professor advised him against studying physics saying 'almost everything is already discovered.'

Planck persisted to learn fundamentals and later originated quantum theory, winning a Nobel Prize.

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19 Mar 2025 15:33

The show Scrubs provides one of the most accurate portrayals of how a hospital operates, with all its medical cases based on real-life scenarios.

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18 Mar 2025 15:36

By 2021, around 6,000 Swedes had microchips implanted in their hands, allowing them to store data like emergency contacts, social media profiles, and e-tickets for events and rail travel.

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17 Mar 2025 17:34

Third Man Syndrome is a phenomenon reported by climbers, hikers, and explorers in survival situations.

People describe sensing an unseen presence that offers comfort and guidance, often through a voice or figure.

This entity is believed to provide encouragement, possibly as a manifestation of the mind during stress. The exact cause remains unknown.

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16 Mar 2025 12:07

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15 Mar 2025 21:03

The First chainsaw was invented to facilitate childbirth.

In 1780, two Scottish doctors invented the prototype of the chainsaw. Not to cut down trees or clear debris.

John Aitken and James Jeffray invented the hand-cranked chainsaw to cut through the pelvises of delivering mothers who were having trouble pushing their babies out.

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15 Mar 2025 07:32

Mingi is a traditional practice in southern Ethiopia, where body abnormalities, even chipping or growing the upper tooth before the lower tooth gets a child discarded from the tribe to die in the wilderness.

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14 Mar 2025 07:32

In 1923, the Brazier family from Silverton, Oregon, lost their Scotch Collie/English Shepherd mix, Bobbie, during a trip to Indiana.

Six months later, Bobbie returned home, having traveled approximately 2,551 miles across plains, deserts, and mountains, earning him the nickname "Bobbie the Wonder Dog."

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12 Mar 2025 17:42

Pigeons are one of the most intelligent birds on the planet. Pigeons can recognize all 26 letters of the English language and are also capable of conceptualizing.

Pigeons can differentiate between photographs and even differentiate between two different human beings in a photograph.

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26 Mar 2025 09:08

Thioacetone is a chemical so stinky that, a small amount (test tube amount) causes nausea a half mile away.

A smell so bad it was described as “Fearful”.

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25 Mar 2025 07:31

A New telescope is being built in Chile, which is anticipated to deliver images with a clarity that is 16 times greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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23 Mar 2025 08:50

There is a disease called Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (SCDS) that affects the inner ear and amplifies all internal sounds.

It gets to the point where the sound of the eyeballs moving in their sockets sounds like “sandpaper on wood.”

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22 Mar 2025 07:33

Some experts suggest that cats developed their hissing behavior by mimicking snakes.

This imitation serves as a defensive mechanism, as a snake's hiss is universally recognized as a warning sound, effectively deterring potential threats.

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21 Mar 2025 07:33

In 1930, the Indiana Bell Building Was moved 52 feet and rotated 90 degrees without disturbing the 600 working employees or cutting off utilities.

The seven-story, 22 million-pound structure was shifted 15 inches per hour over 34 days, all while remaining fully operational.

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20 Mar 2025 15:34

The Ancient Egyptians measured the flood levels of the Nile, and levied taxes according to how high water levels were.

If the water level indicated there would be a strong harvest, taxes would be higher.

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19 Mar 2025 20:33

The brain literally eats itself when it doesn't receive enough sleep.

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19 Mar 2025 07:36

In Surabaya, Indonesia, residents can pay for bus rides with plastic waste.

Five plastic bottles or ten plastic cups grant a two-hour ticket. This initiative aims to reduce plastic waste and promote public transport usage.

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18 Mar 2025 07:33

There is a restaurant in Los Angeles called Lustig where you can eat for free if you're taller than the chef.

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17 Mar 2025 11:14

In 2011, two fishermen from Kiribati were lost at sea for 33 days, drifting 600 kilometers before washing up on Namdrik Atoll.

There, one of them met the descendants of his long-lost uncle, who had been lost at sea 50 years earlier, landed on the same island, and started a family.

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16 Mar 2025 08:54

In 2015, a cow in DeKalb, Texas, gave birth to quadruplets, a rare event with odds of 1 in 11.2 million.

The four calves that defied the odds were named Eeny, Meeny, Miny, and Moo.

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15 Mar 2025 16:10

When someone significant to you abruptly leaves, your brain responds similarly to physical pain, activating regions like the anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula.

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14 Mar 2025 15:36

Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.

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13 Mar 2025 07:32

In 2022, James Michael Grimes won a free drink in an air-guitar competition while on a cruise.

His last memory before waking upoverboard in the Gulf of Mexico without the ship in sight. He treaded water for nearly 20 hours, was stung by jellyfish, and encountered a sea creature before being rescued.

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12 Mar 2025 07:36

Russian couple, separated after only three days of marriage when the husband joined the Red Army, were reunited in their hometown after 60 years apart.

Despite attempts to find each other over the years, it was only on a coincidental visit to their place of origin that they crossed paths again.

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