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Japanese life insurance pays up even if you commit suicide!
Japanese life insurance pays up even if you commit suicide! The annual number suicide deaths in Japan is notoriously high among developed countries even surpassing the number of victims of the Great...
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A woman tried to sue Cap'n Crunch because she thought she had been eating...
A woman tried to sue Cap'n Crunch because she thought she had been eating real berries four 4 years! Cap’n Crunch was introduced in 1963 by Quaker Oats Company. The sea captain that is the mascot or...
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Brazil has a 120 percent tax on video games due to an old law that classifies...
Brazil has a 120 percent tax on video games due to an old law that classifies all games as gambling! In the U.S. the average cost of a video game is about 60 bucks. Electronics in many other countries...
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In 2008, more than 200 marijuana plants were found growing inside Miami’s...
In 2008, more than 200 marijuana plants were found growing inside Miami’s Mall of the Americas! More than 200 marijuana plants were found in a store within a west Miami-Dade Mall of Americas. The...
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Caffeine overdose can lead to hallucinations! What else?
Caffeine overdose can lead to hallucinations! What else? Excessive caffeine consumption can lead to hallucinations, however there are a few more side effects that you may want to consider before you...
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The space from your nose to the center of your lips is called the Philtrum!...
The space from your nose to the center of your lips is called the Philtrum! Learn what it does You’ve noticed that weird indent above your upper lip before, and you’ve probably sat in your room late at...
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There is a flower that comes to life even if it is bone dry!
There is a flower that comes to life even if it is bone dry! The Ramonda Serbica is a plant that is found primarily in Serbia. Although it may exist in a very small amount of places just outside of...
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What do The Hobbit and Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki have in common?
What do The Hobbit and Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki have in common? We’re not talking about the new The Hobbit, but the 1977 animated musical television special. The special was created by...
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Corn has been genetically modified so much that it wouldn't be able to...
Corn has been genetically modified so much that it wouldn't be able to survive in the wild! Corn originates from Central America and it’s the number one crop in the United States. The ancient people of...
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Carl Sagan once sued Apple they used his name as a code-name for a computer!
Carl Sagan once sued Apple they used his name as a code-name for a computer! In 1994, engineers at Apple Computer code-named the Power Macintosh 7100 "Carl Sagan" after the popular astronomer. While...
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If India changed its agricultural techniques, the rice they produce could...
If India changed its agricultural techniques, the rice they produce could feed an additional 400 million people! How? India is the second largest producer of rice in the entire world, right behind...
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Israel has strict laws against too-skinny models!
Israel has strict laws against too-skinny models! Israel has taken a stand against the pressures of the fashion industry. They passed a law that all models have to have a body mass index of 18.5 or...
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The Soviet Union had a secret list of 38 bands banned from playing in dance...
The Soviet Union had a secret list of 38 bands banned from playing in dance clubs because they were ideologically harmful! The Soviet Komsomol (a Communist Party for young people) singled out 38...
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President Harding served bootleg liquor to his guests in the White House...
President Harding served bootleg liquor to his guests in the White House during Prohibition, after he voted for it as a senator! Here’s the recap: Warren G. Harding was President of this fine nation...
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The fear of having no cell phone has a name!
The fear of having no cell phone has a name! You know the feeling. You suddenly pat your pants and can't feel your phone. You start to panic as you frantically look for it and you realize you left it...
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It's impossible to swallow and breathe at the same time.
It's impossible to swallow and breathe at the same time. The epiglottis guards the entrance of the glottis, the opening between the vocal folds. It is normally pointed upward while one is breathing...
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Viking women were the first to wear bras!
Viking women were the first to wear bras! Viking women wore these metal discs and clasps that formed shoulder protection and were actually meant to lift and shape the breasts. This first bra was banned...
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
Hot water can freeze faster than cold water. As impossible as it sounds, this one is actually true. It's called The Mpemba Effect, named after Erasto Mpemba when he noticed it in 1963. Amazingly...
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The entire world population could fit in the state of Texas and it’d only...
The entire world population could fit in the state of Texas and it’d only have the population density of New York City! People freak out all the time about how we’re overpopulating Earth and we’re all...
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A 14-year-old opened fire on a prayer group then dropped his gun saying 'Kill...
A 14-year-old opened fire on a prayer group then dropped his gun saying 'Kill me, please. I can't believe I did that' Michael Carneal is also known as The Prayer Slayer. In 1997, when he was just 14,...
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