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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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The human body has approximately 600 muscles.
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After approximately 5,000 years of ore mining, the Rio Tinto became very acidic, and the river turns to red due to iron dissolved in the water.
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Alpha Centauri is the closest star system and nearest planetary system to our Solar System at 4.37 light-years from the Sun.
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Female koalas have two vaginas.
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There is a medical condition called Paris Syndrome, and symptoms include depression and nausea due to realizing that Paris is not as beautiful as they had expected it to be. Similar syndromes include Jerusalem syndrome and Stendhal syndrome.
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Because of its shorter number of days, February was the last month of the year. It became the second month around 450 BC and was even shortened to 23 or 24 days on occasion.
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The world's largest traffic jam occurred in China in 2010 and lasted for over 10 days.
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According to Guinness World Records, Anthony Victor holds the world's longest ear hair measuring 18.1 cm (7.12 in) at its longest point.
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Frederick Banting refused to put his name on the patent after discovering insulin in 1923. According to Banting, it is unethical for a doctor to financially gain something after discovering a medicine that would save lives. His co-inventors sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for $1. They wanted to make it affordable to those who need the medication.
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In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
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The largest pizza ever created has a total surface area of 13,580.28 square feet, and was prepared in Rome, Italy in 2012. The pizza was named "Ottavia" after a Roman Emperor Octavian Augustus, and the pizza was 100% gluten-free.
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Erick Weihenmayer is the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 25 May 2001. He also completed the Seven Summits, the highest mountains of each of the seven continents in September 2002. He was diagnosed with retinoschisis when he was only 15 months old.
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Peladophobia is the fear of baldness.
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Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, is the oldest land animal in the world. He is believed to have been born in around 1832, making him 188 years old in 2020.
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In Thailand, there is a festival called "Songkran," where people celebrate the Thai New Year by throwing water at each other.
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Bats can live for a long time, with some species living up to 30 years in the wild.
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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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The oldest known land animal fossil is the millipede, which lived around 425 million years ago.
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Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal.
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Before trees overtook the land, Earth was covered by giant mushrooms.
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There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than anywhere else on the planet.
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Every year, we remove 170 billion pounds of fish from the ocean.
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Hummingbird sex only lasts from 3 to 5 seconds.
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At 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), Muggsy Bogues is the shortest player ever to have played in the NBA.
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The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.
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An Indian lawyer sued the Hindu god Rama for mistreating his wife. The court wasn't convinced with his argument saying it wasn't a "practical case."
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Steve Buscemi, before becoming an actor, was a firefighter in New York City. Following the 9/11 attacks, he returned to his old firehouse to volunteer and help with the recovery efforts.
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Puppy pregnancy syndrome is an illness where the sufferer believes that shortly after being bitten by a dog, puppies are conceived within their abdomen.
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Parthenophobia is social anxiety, where sufferers have an irrational fear of girls, especially virgins.
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A group of locusts is called a plague.
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The winner of Finland's wife-carrying contest gets the wife's weight in beer.
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Skin is the human body's largest organ.
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The financial cost of war is staggering. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars alone cost the United States an estimated $6 trillion.
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There are more than 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, with Papua New Guinea being the most linguistically diverse country, boasting over 800 languages.
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There have been over 400 colors with the Crayola label since 1903.
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Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
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In 1960, Paul McCartney once spent three hours in prison after lighting a condom on fire.
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The first successful human heart transplant happens in 1967 in South Africa. The patient named Louis Washkansky lived for 18 days after the operation.
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Bananas are Walmart's best-selling item.
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Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are the 3rd largest source of human-related methane emissions in the US, accounting for about 14.5% of such emissions in 2020.
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According to Guinness World Records, the longest marriage ever recorded was 86 years and 290 days by a North Carolina couple named Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher. They got married on May 13, 1924, and stayed together until Herbert passed away in 2011 at 105 years old.
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The world's largest known cave chamber by volume is the Miao Room in the Ziyun Getu He National Park in Guizhou Province, China. It has a volume of 10.78 million cubic metres.
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The holes in Swiss cheese are called eyes.
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Elephant Shrews are more closely related to elephants than shrews.
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The Hunger Games is banned in Vietnam because of extreme violence and killing.
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A cough can travel as fast as 50 mph, while a sneeze can travel up to 100 mph.
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The Canadian mint created a silver coin with Superman's head on its side. Only 350,000 of the coins were made, and they are legal tender.
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The Grasshopper mouse is carnivorous, dining on insects, spiders, centipedes, scorpion, lizards, and even other mice. It is immune to various venom and howls like a wolf to claim its territory.
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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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In Fairbanks, Alaska, it is illegal for a Moose to walk on a sidewalk.
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