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Astronauts on the Apollo 11, 12 and 14 missions had to quarantine for 21 days from the time of their first encounter with lunar material, in case they had brought along harmful organisms to Earth.
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When water comes into contact with your face or even if you hold your breath, your heartbeat slows down. This phenomenon is called as mammalian drive reflex. It is a physiological response where it enables your body to function under low oxygen level environment.
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Airport runways are not numbered sequentially. They are numbered based on compass bearings in which the runway is oriented. This way, if you are on runway 9, you would be heading east 90 degrees on a compass, and if you are on runway 27, you would be heading west 270 degrees.
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Universities in the World's Top 500:
🇺🇸 USA: 129
🇨🇳 China: 74
🇬🇧 UK: 38
🇩🇪 Germany: 28
🇦🇺 Australia: 24
🇨🇦 Canada: 20
🇮🇹 Italy: 19
🇫🇷 France: 17
🇪🇸 Spain: 12
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 12
🇯🇵 Japan: 12
🇰🇷 South Korea: 11
🇸🇪 Sweden: 11
🇦🇹 Austria: 7
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 7
🇧🇪 Belgium: 7
🇧🇷 Brazil: 6
🇮🇱 Israel: 6
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 5
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 5
🇩🇰 Denmark: 5
🇫🇮 Finland: 4
🇿🇦 South Africa: 4
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 4
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 4
🇮🇪 Ireland: 4
🇳🇴 Norway: 3
🇵🇹 Portugal: 3
🇷🇺 Russia: 2
🇵🇱 Poland: 2
🇮🇳 India: 1
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 1
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1
🇦🇷 Argentina: 1
🇨🇱 Chile: 1
🇲🇴 Macau: 1
🇨🇿 Czechia: 1
🇪🇬 Egypt: 1
🇪🇪 Estonia: 1
🇬🇷 Greece: 1
🇮🇷 Iran: 1
🇲🇽 Mexico: 1
🇸🇬 Singapore: 1
🇹🇭 Thailand: 1
🇹🇷 Turkey: 1
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Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.
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Before the 2004 tsunami struck Thailand, a 10-year-old British girl named Tilly Smith warned her parents of the imminent danger, having recognized tsunami warning signs she learned in a geography class. Her alert led to the evacuation of the beach, saving approximately 100 tourists from the disaster.
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If you accidentally close a tab, ctrl + shift+t reopens it.
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#lifehack ⌨️
When apologizing to someone, replace the word “but” with a pause. It allows you to explain yourself while still sounding wholehearted. Example: “I’m sorry but I’m trying my best”. becomes “I’m sorry. I’m trying my best”.
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Psychological LifeHacks 🧠
When you first meet people try to notice their eye color while also smiling at them. It might be because you look for a second or two longer but all I can tell you is that people really respond to it.
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The baby cage was invented in 1913 by Mrs. Robert C. Lafferty. It stuck out of a window like an air conditioner and the baby was placed in it to enjoy fresh air and sunshine. The idea was to allow Mom to tend to other duties while baby was out of harm's way.
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The average 4-year-old laughs 300 times a day.
The average 40-year-old laughs just four times a day.
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This is the Falkirk Wheel, the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world. A combination of engineering and art allows the wheel to raise boats by more than 114 feet before they sail through the sky. Situated in central Scotland, it connects the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde Canal.
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The Empire State Building has its own ZIP code. It's home to 10118
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As Toy Story was nearing completion in 1994, Pixar’s Andrew Stanton posed a question during a brainstorming session - “What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn off the last robot?” Fourteen years later, in 2008, he answered this question with the movie WALL-E.
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In the 1980s, an Indian man spent 72 hours in a glass cabin with 72 snakes, some of which were extremely venomous. His aim was to prove that snakes only attack when provoked. Remarkably, he was not bitten once in those 72 hours and even set a Guinness World Record in the process.
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Iran 🇮🇷 vs Israel 🇮🇱
Total Population:
Iran 🇮🇷: 87.6M
Israel 🇮🇱: 9.04M
Available Manpower:
Iran 🇮🇷: 49.05M
Israel 🇮🇱: 3.80M
Fit-for-Service:
Iran 🇮🇷: 41.17M
Israel 🇮🇱: 3.16M
Military Personnel:
Active Personnel:
Iran 🇮🇷: 610K
Israel 🇮🇱: 170K
Reserve Personnel:
Iran 🇮🇷: 350K
Israel 🇮🇱: 465K
Paramilitary Forces:
Iran 🇮🇷: 220K
Israel 🇮🇱: 35K
Financials:
Defense Budget:
Iran 🇮🇷: $9.95B
Israel 🇮🇱: $24.4B
External Debt:
Iran 🇮🇷: $8B
Israel 🇮🇱: $135B
Foreign Reserve:
Iran 🇮🇷: $127.15B
Israel 🇮🇱: $212.93B
Airpower:
Total Aircraft:
Iran 🇮🇷: 551
Israel 🇮🇱: 612
Fighter Aircraft:
Iran 🇮🇷: 186
Israel 🇮🇱: 241
Attack Helicopter
Iran🇮🇷: 13
Israel 🇮🇱: 48
Land Power:
Tank Strength:
Iran 🇮🇷: 1,996
Israel 🇮🇱: 1,370
Armored Vehicles:
Iran 🇮🇷: 65,765
Israel 🇮🇱: 43,407
Self-Propelled Artillery:
Iran 🇮🇷: 580
Israel 🇮🇱: 650
Naval Power:
Fleet Strength:
Iran 🇮🇷: 101
Israel 🇮🇱: 67
Submarines:
Iran 🇮🇷: 19
Israel 🇮🇱: 5
Logistics:
Airports:
Iran 🇮🇷: 319
Israel 🇮🇱: 42
Merchant Marine:
Iran 🇮🇷: 942
Israel 🇮🇱: 45
Natural Resources:
Oil Production:
Iran 🇮🇷: 3.45M bbl
Israel 🇮🇱: 0 bbl
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Iqbal Masih was a 10 y/o kid who was sold into bondage, escaped the shackles of bonded labor, freed over 3000 children who were trapped bonded labor and was responsible for bringing about significant losses to the carpet weaving industry profiteering off bonded labor.
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The Prague Astronomical Clock, a medieval astronomical clock that is attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, was first installed in 1410. It is the world's third-oldest astronomical clock as well as the oldest clock in the world that is still in operation.
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Gino Bartali was a cyclist who used his fame as a winner of the Tour de France to smuggle counterfeit documents hidden inside his bicycle through Nazi checkpoints in WWII Italy under the guise of training. These documents allowed as many as 800 Jews to escape persecution by the Nazis.
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In 2002, the Netherlands opened a unique bridge. Called the Veluwemeer Aqueduct, this structure bypasses the N302 highway, allowing vessels to pass over the road.
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💇♂️ Men’s haircut price:
🇳🇴 Norway: $64.50
🇯🇵 Japan: $56.00
🇩🇰 Denmark: $48.21
🇸🇪 Sweden: $46.13
🇦🇺 Australia: $46.00
🇺🇸 USA: $44.00
🇨🇭 Switzerland: $42.96
🇫🇷 France: $37.05
🇰🇷 South Korea: $36.94
🏴 England: $35.74
🇩🇪 Germany: $35.39
🇦🇹 Austria: $35.06
🇫🇮 Finland: $31.03
🇮🇪 Ireland: $26.90
🇨🇿 Czechia: $25.69
🇨🇦 Canada: $24.28
🇵🇱 Poland: $23.54
🇵🇹 Portugal: $23.40
🇮🇹 Italy: $23.21
🇪🇸 Spain: $21.68
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: $20.34
🇿🇦 South Africa: $18.27
🇷🇺 Russia: $16.66
🇨🇱 Chile: $16.41
🇬🇷 Greece: $14.79
🇧🇾 Belarus: $14.52
🇭🇺 Hungary: $13.92
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: $11.71
🇺🇦 Ukraine: $11.10
🇨🇴 Colombia: $10.65
🇲🇽 Mexico: $9.66
🇻🇳 Vietnam: $8.98
🇧🇷 Brazil: $8.67
🇩🇿 Algeria: $5.96
🇮🇳 India: $5.29
🇵🇰 Pakistan: $4.44
🇦🇷 Argentina: $3.15
🇳🇬 Nigeria: $1.83
🇿🇲 Zambia: $1.65
Note: in capital cities
According to NetCredit
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Have you ever watched a Tv show and wanted something a character has worn? There’s a website called WornOnTv.net that finds the exact clothes and lists them with where to buy them.
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#lifehack 👘
Emerald green malachite has been prized as a mineral for close to 5,000 years in ancient societies from Egypt and China to Britain and Russia. It is valued for its protective and calming qualities and also for making amazing objects and jewelry. And it is still an extremely popular stone today!
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Number of public holidays annually:
🇳🇵 Nepal: 35
🇲🇲 Myanmar: 32
🇮🇷 Iran: 26
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 25
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 22
🇪🇬 Egypt: 22
🇰🇭 Cambodia: 21
🇮🇳 India: 21
🇦🇷 Argentina: 19
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 19
🇨🇴 Colombia: 18
🇵🇭 Philippines: 18
🇮🇸 Iceland: 16
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 16
🇯🇵 Japan: 16
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 16
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 16
🇹🇭 Thailand: 16
🇦🇹 Austria: 14
🇨🇱 Chile: 14
🇩🇰 Denmark: 14
🇳🇴 Norway: 14
🇰🇷 South Korea: 14
🇹🇷 Turkey: 14
🇻🇪 Venezuela: 14
🇨🇿 Czechia: 13
🇫🇮 Finland: 13
🇵🇱 Poland: 13
🇪🇸 Spain: 13
🇮🇹 Italy: 12
🇸🇪 Sweden: 12
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 12
🇨🇳 China: 11
🇫🇷 France: 11
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 11
🇷🇺 Russia: 11
🇿🇦 South Africa: 11
🇺🇸 USA: 11
🇦🇺 Australia: 10-13
🇩🇪 Germany: 10-13
🇨🇦 Canada: 10-13
🇧🇪 Belgium: 10
🇪🇪 Estonia: 10
🇮🇪 Ireland: 10
🇧🇷 Brazil: 9-12
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 9
🇬🇧 UK: 8-10
🇲🇽 Mexico: 8
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Days of paid maternity leaves offered to workers:
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 410
🇦🇱 Albania — 365
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — 365
🇮🇷 Iran — 270
🇸🇰 Slovakia — 238
🇭🇷 Croatia — 208
🇨🇿 Czechia —196
🇮🇳 India — 182
🇮🇪 Ireland — 182
🇻🇪 Venezuela — 182
🇮🇸 Iceland — 180
🇭🇺 Hungary — 168
🇨🇳 China — 158
🇮🇹 Italy — 150
🇵🇱 Poland — 140
🇷🇺 Russia — 140
🇨🇱 Chile — 126
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — 126
🇵🇾 Paraguay — 126
🇷🇴 Romania — 126
🇺🇦 Ukraine — 126
🇧🇷 Brazil — 120
🇿🇦 South Africa — 120
🇦🇹 Austria — 112
🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 112
🇪🇸 Spain — 112
🇫🇷 France — 112
🇵🇰 Pakistan — 112
🇹🇷 Turkey — 112
🇨🇦 Canada — 105
🇵🇭 Philippines — 105
🇨🇭 Switzerland — 98
🇩🇪 Germany — 98
🇯🇵 Japan — 98
🇦🇷 Argentina — 90
🇪🇬 Egypt — 90
🇮🇩 Indonesia — 90
🇰🇷 South Korea — 90
🇨🇴 Colombia — 84
🇲🇽 Mexico — 84
🇳🇬 Nigeria — 84
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 70
🇦🇪 UAE — 60
🇫🇮 Finland — 56
🇩🇰 Denmark — 42
🇬🇧 UK — 42
🇺🇸 USA — 0
According to The World Bank
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This odd-looking creature is a bird called the great eared nightjar. It has barred wings along with a barred tail and long ear-tufts that often lie flat. It is the largest species in the family and can grow up to 12 to 16 inches.
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Estimated number of universities:
🇮🇳 India: 5,349
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 3,277
🇺🇸 USA: 3,180
🇨🇳 China: 2,459
🇧🇷 Brazil: 1,264
🇲🇽 Mexico: 1,139
🇷🇺 Russia: 1,010
🇯🇵 Japan: 992
🇫🇷 France: 625
🇩🇪 Germany: 461
🇮🇷 Iran: 440
🇵🇱 Poland: 408
🇰🇷 South Korea: 401
🇨🇦 Canada: 383
🇵🇭 Philippines: 366
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 359
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 351
🇬🇧 UK: 337
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 300
🇨🇴 Colombia: 299
🇮🇹 Italy: 289
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 278
🇪🇸 Spain: 276
🇹🇳 Tunisia: 236
🇹🇷 Turkey: 209
Note: As of July 2023, via Statista
The iconic photo of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out was taken on March 14, 1951, on the scientist's 72nd birthday. It was his annoyed reaction to press photographers urging him to smile. Einstein loved the photo and asked for cropped copies of it to send as personal greetings to friends.
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The Parthenon in Athens, Greece was largely intact for several hundred years after it was built. The extensively damaged ruins we see today were primarily caused not by natural elements or passage of time, but by an explosion that occurred in 1687.
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In 2006, a woman farted on a commercial flight and lit matches to cover up the smell. But when other passengers noticed the smell of burning sulfur, the plane had to make an emergency landing. The woman was then questioned by the FBI.
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