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The
population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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Eggplants are not vegetables they are really fruits.
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Sheep
can recognize other sheep from pictures!
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The
three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the
combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
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The
number of births that occur in India each year is higher than
the entire population of Australia.
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Annually, the amount of garbage that is dumped in the world's
oceans is three times the weight of fish that is caught from the
oceans.
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Each
nostril of a human being register smell in a different way.
Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant
than the left.
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During
a typical human life span, the human heart will beat
approximately 2.5 billion times.
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Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season
during the year.
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New
Zealand is the first country to allow women to vote.
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It
takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to
earth.
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Bamboo
plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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A
cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a
second.
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It
takes Several hundred thousand years for newly made photons
(light) to travel from the core of the sun to it's surface.
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Every
hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
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A
person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard
dirt compared to pavement.
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Tug of
War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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Kite
flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
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For
people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping
milk digest easier.
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Food
can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva.
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Marie
Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium,
died of radiation poisoning.
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You
weigh less at the top of a mountain than at sea level.
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The
search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’, which
refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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Left-handed people are better at sports that require good
spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed
individuals.
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Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for
maintaining healthy bones.
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The
only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of
hearts.
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The
best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is
because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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Albert
Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he
declined.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by
any country.
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Nylon
is made from coal and petroleum.
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By
partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the
saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors.
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A one
ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
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From
the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
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Cashew
nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human
skin.
