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Ousting of Marcos in the Philippines
On this day in 1986, Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, under pressure from the United States, fled his country for Hawaii after a fraudulent electoral victory over Corazon Aquino, who replaced him as president.
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Tomatoes, potatoes, paprika, peppers, and eggplant are part of a family called nightshade foods, which contain a toxin called solanine. If ingested in large quantities can cause hallucinations.
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U.S. President Andrew Johnson impeached
On this day in 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 126–47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson, whose lenient Reconstruction policies regarding the South after the Civil War angered Radical Republicans in Congress.
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Doctors in Ancient Rome used an early form of electrotherapy to successfully treat neurological conditions such as epilepsy and migraines. They administered the charges by placing electric torpedo fish on the patient’s head
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dol•or •ous
/ doleras/ adjective
feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.
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Adermatoglyphia is a disease where people are born without fingerprints. It is exceedingly rare, affecting only five known extended families worldwide
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The human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.An average adult carries about 15–30 pounds of fat. Soap-making requires roughly 7 pounds of fat per batch (mixed with lye), meaning you’ve got the raw material for a small soap empire inside you. It’s a creepy yet oddly practical tidbit.
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The Greek name for the Mosquito is Anopheles, translating to “good-for-nothing.”
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The venom of giant hornets in Japan is potent enough to melt human flesh.
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After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, it only 3 days for the trams to resume limited operations. 3 of the trams that survived the bomb are still in service to this day.
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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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matkakuume
/'matka'kume/ • Finnish
noun //:
the tangled feelings of anxiety and anticipation before the journey begins;
"travel fever"
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Contrary to the popular thinking, wolves are not dominated by an “Alpha Wolf” that is the most aggressive male, or male-female pairing, of the pack. Rather, they have found that wolf packs are similar to human families, and there is little aggression or fights for “dominance.”
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Top 15 Largest Religious Groups
1. ✝️ Christianity - 2.4B
2. ☪️ Islam - 1.8B
3. 🕉️ Hinduism - 1.2B
4. 🏯 Buddhism - 600M
5. ☯️ Taoism - 170M
6. ⛩️ Shinto - 65M
7. 🏹 Sikhism - 30M
8. ✡️ Judaism - 18M
9. 🦚 Jainism - 12M
10. 🌏 Bahá'í Faith - 7.9M
11. 📜 Confucianism - 6.1M
12. 🎋 Cao Đài - 3M
13. ☀️ Cheondoism - 3M
14. 🌿 Tenrikyo - 2M
15. 🔮 Wicca - 1M
Source: Wikipedia, CDA
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The Lazarus Group is a notorious cybercriminal organization, believed to be state-sponsored by North Korea. Active since at least 2009, they're known for high-profile cyberattacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, the 2017 WannaCry ransomware outbreak, and numerous financial heists targeting banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. Their activities fund the North Korean regime while showcasing advanced hacking techniques.
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Cloning of Dolly
On this day in 1997, a team of British scientists working under the direction of Ian Wilmut at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh announced the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first clone of an adult mammal.
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Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X, who articulated concepts of racial pride and black nationalism in the United States, was assassinated this day in 1965 and became an ideological hero after the posthumous release of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”— The Usual Suspects (1995), Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey)
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Mike the Headless Chicken was a male Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after he was beheaded, surviving because most of his brain stem remained intact and it did not bleed to death due to a blood clot. After the beheading, Mike achieved national fame until his death in March 1947.
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The Haja-no-Ontachi is housed at the Isonokami Shrine in Nara. Known as the Demon-Quelling Great Sword, it measures approximately 15 feet (465 cm) in length and weighs 165 pounds (75 kg).
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meraki
(v.) to do something with soul, creativity, or love
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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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