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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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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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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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Foreign accent syndrome is a real condition, although it's extremely rare. It's most often caused by head injury, stroke, or some other type of damage to the brain. People who have this condition starts speaking in their native language with a foreign accent.
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The human stomach can produce about 3 to 4 liters of gastric juices per day.
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The tallest animal on Earth is the giraffe, which can reach a height of 18 feet.
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The largest mammal on earth is the blue whale, which can grow up to 100 feet long and weigh over 200 tons.
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In Japan, there is a train station that has no entrance or exit. It exists solely to allow passengers to admire the surrounding scenery!
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The fairy circles of Namibia are circular barren patches in the grasslands, whose origins remain a mystery to scientists.
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More than 300 people have died attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Stop signs were yellow for 30 years, and by 1954 sign makers began using a red fade-resistant porcelain enamel.
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Kokura was the original target of the atomic bomb that landed in Nagasaki.
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Cerro Rico in Bolivia is known as the mountain that eats men because of a large number of men died in the mine. It is estimated that up to eight million have been killed in the Cerro Rico since the 16th century.
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Horror writer Stephen King has triskaidekaphobia, a phobia of the number 13.
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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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The smallest bone in the human body is located in the ear and is called the stapes bone.
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A chicken once survived almost two years after having its head cut off, and his name is Mike, the Headless Chicken.
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The world's richest person Jeff Bezos only paid an annual salary of just $81,840.
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The 'mare' in 'nightmare' was a female demon who suffocated people in their sleep by sitting on their chests.
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There are at least 45,700 spider species, and taxonomists have recorded 113 families.
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The ancient Egyptians used to worship cats and would often mummify them when they died.
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Epilepsy kills as many people per year as Breast Cancer.
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Snail teeth found to be the strongest natural material.
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The Earth's atmosphere is composed of roughly 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and trace amounts of other gases, such as neon and carbon dioxide.
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A group of pheasants is called a bouquet.
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The shortest verse in the Bible is "Jesus wept" (John 11:35).
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Although Polar Bears have white hair, their skin is black.
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Three U.S. presidents died on the 4th of July: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1826, and James Monroe five years later.
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The fastest shark in the world is the shortfin mako, with a recorded speed of 56 km/h (34.8 mph).
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A Judas goat is a trained goat that will leads other goats to their slaughter while its own life is spared. This type of technique and term was originated from cattle drives in the United States in the 1800s.
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The official number for reporting spies in South Korea is 113.
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A group of locusts is called a plague.
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The youngest woman to be elected is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the age of 29 years old.
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The Wandering Albatross has the longest wingspan of any bird, reaching up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) from tip to tip.
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Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.
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Ttongsul is a traditional Korean rice wine contains fermented feces from a human child.
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In 1913, there was no postal regulation against what you could and couldn't send through the mail, so one Ohio couple took advantage of it and mailed their 8-month-old son to his grandmother.
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High heels were initially meant for men.
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known insurance valuation in history at US$100 million in 1962 (equivalent to $650 million in 2018).
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Swifts can spend up to 10 months in the air without landing. They drink, feed, and often mate and sleep on the wing.
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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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The Tardigrade, or water bear, is an extremophile micro-animal that can survive extreme conditions such as high radiation, extreme temperatures, and even the vacuum of outer space.
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Situs inversus is a condition in which the internal organs are positioned in a mirror image from their normal positions. The normal arrangement of internal organs is known as situs solitus.
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The Banyan Tree, a type of strangler fig, has aerial roots that can spread out over a large area, making it one of the largest trees in terms of canopy coverage.
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Peanuts are not nuts; they are actually legumes.
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Spongebob Squarepant’s birthday is July 14, 1986.
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In Japan, they used Nomura's jellyfish to produces vanilla and jellyfish ice cream. Nomura's jellyfish can weigh up to 440 pounds.
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The “five-second rule”, stating that food dropped on the floor is still safe to eat if picked up within five seconds, is a myth.
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On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany, bringing Canada into the First World War.
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At the age of 19, Audie Leon Murphy was single-handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France on January 1945.
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There is a polar bear jail in Churchill, Manitoba, for troublesome or dangerous bears. The bears could be held from two to 30 days or more if the bear is captured repeatedly.
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Vaquita is the rarest marine mammal in the world that, in 2018 International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) estimates that only between 6 and 22 individuals remained.
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1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car ever sold at auction, fetching a record $48.4 million.
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