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Despite what you might have heard, brain cells can actually regenerate!
Despite what you might have heard, brain cells can actually regenerate! It is a commonly accepted myth that once a brain cell is killed-it’s gone forever, and the number of brain cells you have has...
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Americans eat more than $40 billion worth of cheese a year!
Americans eat more than $40 billion worth of cheese a year! Americans gotta have their cheese. In 2003, the market value of all the cheese consumed by the American populace through supermarket sales...
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Shakespeare's children were illiterate!
Shakespeare's children were illiterate! I guess drafting some of the most esteemed plays in history does not leave much time for child rearing. Shakespeare’s wife and their two children who lived into...
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Canada got its name from a misunderstanding!
Canada got its name from a misunderstanding! Just like duct tape and French fries, Canada’s name was accidental. Some Iroquois natives were trying to indicate to early explorer Jacques Cartier a small...
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Pizza Hut wants its logo on the moon!
Pizza Hut wants its logo on the moon! Mad consumerism is making astronomical advances. In 1998, Pizza Hut had this brilliant idea to burn their logo onto the surface of the moon with high-powered...
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Liechtenstein and Haiti had the exact same flag. They found out when they...
Liechtenstein and Haiti had the exact same flag. They found out when they competed in the Olympics! A country’s flag is a symbol of pride and unity. It is waved proudly at special events and shown...
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There is a species of tiny spider-like creatures that live inside the lungs...
There is a species of tiny spider-like creatures that live inside the lungs of bees! Talk about a world inside of a world. The “honey bee tracheal mite” is an internal parasite of honey bee. They are...
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Jay-Z pulled 'American Gangster' from iTunes because he didn't want people to...
Jay-Z pulled 'American Gangster' from iTunes because he didn't want people to buy just 1 track! American Gangster is the tenth studio album by Jay-Z and his 1st studio album to be pulled from iTunes....
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Evolution was taught by Muslims thousands of years before it was taught by...
Evolution was taught by Muslims thousands of years before it was taught by Darwin! And yet Darwin gets all the credit. “Islamic science” or “Arabic science” is the science that was developed in the...
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A notorious cannibal became a vegetarian!
A notorious cannibal became a vegetarian! In 2003, Armin Meiwes was being trialed for killing and subsequently eating Bernd Brandes. Meiwes told the court during his trial that his lonely childhood had...
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Queen Henrietta Maria had a 19-inch dwarf in her court!
Queen Henrietta Maria had a 19-inch dwarf in her court! Jeffery Hudson was born in 1689 to parents of average-height. All of his brothers and sisters were of average height, but Hudson stopped growing...
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Your chances of surviving a plane crash are highest if you sit on the back!
Your chances of surviving a plane crash are highest if you sit on the back! You remember the first Final Destination movie? Remember how the ones who sat on the back were the last ones to die? That was...
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The deepest note ever detected by mankind is in another galaxy!
The deepest note ever detected by mankind is in another galaxy! The deepest note mankind has ever detected is a B♭. That is 57 octaves below middle C! Can you imagine a piano with that many octaves?...
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'Rubber Duck Debugging' is when a programmer explains code to a rubber duck...
'Rubber Duck Debugging' is when a programmer explains code to a rubber duck in hopes of finding a bug! Programmers have it rough sometimes. One instance is when their system or site has a bug, and it...
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MIT has developed a drag & drop programming language to teach KIDS!
MIT has developed a drag & drop programming language to teach KIDS! The Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT decided to create a programming program for kids. “Scratch” is a free program that allows...
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Canada almost joined the United States in 1777!
Canada almost joined the United States in 1777! Today, you don’t often hear US citizens talking about how they want to annex parts or all of Canada. This was not the case in the early days of the...
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That 70s Show was remade in the UK as 'Days Like These.' It had almost the...
That 70s Show was remade in the UK as 'Days Like These.' It had almost the same scripts! Days like These was directed by Bob Spier and broadcast Fridays at 8:30pm on ITV in 1999. It used much of the...
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Madonna uploaded a fake album to mess with pirates. Her site got hacked for it!
Madonna uploaded a fake album to mess with pirates. Her site got hacked for it! Madonna came up with a creative way to deter fans from downloading her music illegally. Prior to the release of her...
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A 2-week pregnant woman couldn't deploy her parachute. Both she and her fetus...
A 2-week pregnant woman couldn't deploy her parachute. Both she and her fetus survived! Shayna Richardson was a woman who liked jumping out of airplanes. She began skydiving when she turned 21. She was...
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Some scientists think dolphins should have similar rights as humans because...
Some scientists think dolphins should have similar rights as humans because they're so smart! Research has shown that dolphins and orcas have distinctive cultures, societies, and personalities. Marine...
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