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Dive into the captivating tale of the 1904 St. Louis Marathon, where the Olympic Games met chaos, controversy, and sheer determination. Discover the bizarre stories that make this race the strangest in Olympic history.
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APR 2023
Discover 10 bloody brilliant facts about the world of blood! Uncover the vital roles of red and white blood cells, the importance of blood types, and the fascinating history of blood in our captivating and educational exploration.
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APR 2023
Discover the enthralling world of praying mantises in this captivating blog post. Unveil 15 fascinating facts about these mysterious insects, from their unique hunting skills to their cultural significance, and learn what makes them such extraordinary creatures.
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Yash Mansukhbhai Moradiya from India broke the world record for the longest time holding the scorpion position on 22 February 2022 in Dubai, UAE, with a time of 29 minutes and 4 seconds.
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Lung cancer death rates declined 48% from 1990 to 2016 among men and 23% from 2002 to 2016 among women.
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The world's highest railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China, reaches an elevation of 16,640 feet (5,072 meters) above sea level at the Tanggula Pass station.
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Ploitering is pretending to work when your not.
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Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences.
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Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world. It only takes one and a half minutes.
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Researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo made a mouse embryo called human-mouse chimera that's 4% human, the highest level of human cells ever recorded in an animal.
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The human body can produce enough saliva in a lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
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The world's fastest roller coaster is the Formula Rossa, located in Abu Dhabi. This beast can reach speeds of up to 149 miles per hour in just 4.9 seconds! That's faster than most sports cars.
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Magpies are one of few non-mammal species able to recognize themselves in a mirror and are considered one of the most intelligent animals.
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Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their cousins.
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Galešnjak, also known as 'the Island of Love,' is a heart-shaped island located in the Adriatic's Pašman Canal.
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It's illegal to hold a salmon under suspicious circumstances in the United Kingdom. It's called the Salmon Act 1986.
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Spinraza, a recently approved drug for spinal muscular atrophy, has a list price of $750,000.
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According to the Journal of Medical Entomology, bed bugs love black and red but hate yellow and green.
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Justin Timberlake is a talented golfer and has participated in various celebrity golf tournaments. He is also a minority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies, an NBA team.
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The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl who gives birth at five years old.
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The landmass of Mars and Earth is very similar.
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The first pair of Nike running shoes was made in a waffle iron.
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Breastfeeding can lower a mother's risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and breast and ovarian cancers.
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Plastic in coffee pods takes 500 years to break down while releasing harmful amounts of methane gas.
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On January 19, 2023, Airrack (USA) in Los Angeles, California, USA achieved the record for the largest pizza, measuring 1,296.72 m² (13,957.77 ft²). The pizza was made using 6,193 kilograms (13,653 pounds) of dough, 2,244 kilograms (4,948 pounds) of sweet marinara sauce, 3,992 kilograms (8,800 pounds) of cheese, and approximately 630,496 pepperoni slices.
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Before refrigerators, people in Russia and Finland reportedly placed living Russian brown frogs in milk to keep it fresh. Research on the frogs' skin secretions led by Moscow State University shows that they're loaded with peptides that have antibacterial properties that could kill both Staphylococcus and Salmonella.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is more than twice as rich as the British monarchy.
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The "Hope Diamond," a 45.52-carat blue diamond, is one of the largest and most valuable diamonds in the world.
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No more than two flies are allowed by law in any public toilet in China.
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Enric Marco, a Catalan mechanic, was a prominent public face Spanish survivors of the Holocaust for decades until his story was revealed to be a lie.
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Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) in London is succumbing to gravity. Over the last century and a half, it has developed a lean so pronounced that it's now visible to the naked eye. It doesn't come close to the precarious angle of the tower in Pisa, but projections say it will catch up in around 4,000 years.
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In 2016, a man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the man threw a live alligator through a restaurant’s drive-through window.
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Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president to have obtained a patent.
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A group of clams is called a bed.
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Emerson Moser is one of their top employees in Crayola and worked for 35 years, and he was colorblind.
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A group of elk is called a gang.
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If you're a fan of Extra-Terrestrial activities, you might enroll at Akdeniz University in Turkey. They offer a course to prepare students during alien encounters and give instructions on dealing with them.
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There’s a hand sanitizer named, “Maybe You Touched Your Genitals.”
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The human heart beats more than 3.5 billion times in an average lifetime.
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One in 25 sentenced to death in the U.S. is innocent.
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The first recorded game of baseball was played in 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland until the late 1960s.
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There are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide, making them the second largest group of mammals (after rodents).
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Cat breeds called 'puppy cats' are specifically bred for their dog-like traits.
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The Two-spotted ladybird is the national insect of Latvia.
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Bill Gates has donated $50 billion to charity.
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Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.
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In Canada, Santa’s postal code is HOH OHO.
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You can die from a broken heart. The medical term for it is stress cardiomyopathy.
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Greece national bird is a Phoenix.
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The oldest known fossilized microbial mats, also known as stromatolites, are 3.5 billion years old and were found in Western Australia.
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In 2007, Scotland spent £125,000 devising a new national slogan. The winning entry? "Welcome to Scotland."
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A 9.2 earthquake struck Alaska on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. It is the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history and the second most powerful earthquake recorded in world history.
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