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Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.
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Lima beans have an amazing ability to command wasps as a defense. If insects are eating the lima bean's leaves, the plant gives off a substance that acts as a signal to parasitic wasps to swoop in and destroy their enemy (i.e. the leaf-eating insects).
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Apples float because they are one-quarter air!
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Ripe cranberries will bounce like a ball. (Go on, try it!). They also float.
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German Chocolate Cake is not from Germany. German is actually the last name of the man who invented a kind of baking chocolate (Sam German).
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Cilantro and Coriander are considered to be the same.
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The Wright Brothers only flew together once (though both piloted the planes individually): on May 25, 1910 they took a six-minute flight piloted by Orville with Wilbur as his passenger.
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Humans have been performing dentistry since 7000BC, which makes dentists one of the oldest professions.
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The first-ever documented feature film was made in Australia in 1906.
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Ancient Roman surgeons were trained to block out the screams of human pain.
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From 1953 to 1957, NBC’s Today Show had a chimpanzee co-host named J. Fred Muggs. It is estimated he brought in the network around $100 million.
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The hand and footprints in front of Los Angeles’s Chinese Theater tradition started accidentally when silent film actress, Norma Talmadge stepped on wet cement.
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An animal’s yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.
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In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone
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There are more Lego mini-figures than there are people on Earth.
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Dinosaurs would swallow large rocks which stayed in their stomach to help churn and digest food.
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Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors.
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When cellophane was invented in 1908, it was originally intended to be used to protect tablecloths from wine spills.
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Hershey’s chocolate syrup, Ritz Crackers, DumDums, and Oreos are all vegan.
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The sound of a Star Wars lightsaber was created by pairing together the sound of an idle film projector and the buzz from an old TV set.
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Your tonsils can grow back if there was tissue left behind during the removal process.
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In Israel, it is illegal to bring bears to the beach.
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There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.
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Snoop Dogg’s real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. His nickname came from his mother who thought he looked like Snoopy from the Peanuts.
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Originally, the Eiffel Tower was going to be erected in Barcelona, but the project was rejected because citizens thought it was an eyesore.
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Kangaroos keep growing until they die.
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Jellyfish are considered biologically immortal. They don’t age and will never die unless they are killed.
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There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.
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Neptune was the first planet to be found through mathematical predictions rather than telescopic location.
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Crows can remember the faces of individual humans. They can also hold a grudge.