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The practice of pouring of a liquid in memory of those who have “passed on” was common in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. “Pouring one out for the homies” is a custom over 3,000 years old
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There is a basketball court above the American Supreme Court named "The Highest Court In The Land" that was designed in the 1940s
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In the late 1990s, Julia Hill climbed a 200-foot, approximately 1000-year-old Californian redwood tree & didn’t come down for another 738 days. She ultimately reached an agreement with Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree & a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding the tree.
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Mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen,” inspired by Helen of Troy. A millihelen is defined as the amount of beauty required to launch a single ship.
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Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people's opinions. It's a rare social phobia that's characterised by an irrational and overwhelming fear of what other people think.
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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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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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The “jump” you sometimes get while falling asleep is known as hypnic myoclonus and as much as 70 percent of people worldwide experience this.
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Firework displays during the Chinese New Year stem from the tradition of lighting bamboo stalks on fire to ward off evil spirits, especially Nian, the evil dragon most commonly portrayed in the new year parades.
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Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Lieutenant D. H. Lackey as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott on February 22, 1956. She was one of 73 people rounded up by deputies that day after a grand jury charged 113 African Americans for organizing the boycott.
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The color orange is named after the appearance of the ripe orange fruit. Before this word was introduced to the English-speaking world, the color orange was referred to as Geoluhread meaning yellowish red.
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A book called 'A la recherche du temps perdu' by Marcel Proust contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters, making it the longest book in the world. The title translates to "Remembrance of Things Past".
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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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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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