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In America, it is a federal crime to use your roommate or friend’s Netflix account.
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A fungus is more closely related to animals on a genetic level than they are to plants.
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In Zimbabwe, it is illegal for citizens to make offensive gestures at a passing car.
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“She sells seashells by the seashore” was written about a female paleontologist from the 1800s. She actually sold dinosaur bones and fossilized shells.
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Jousting is the official sport in the state of Maryland.
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Another term for your nieces or nephews would be “niblings”.
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The “butterflies” you get in your stomach when you see someone you like is actually a stress response called adrenaline.
There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
Turning a clock's hands counterclockwise while setting it is not necessarily harmful. It is only damaging when the timepiece contains a chiming mechanism.
There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.
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Pure cocoa can help prevent tooth decay.
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Iceland has a dating app that stops you from hooking up with your cousin.
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Eye of newt, toe of frog, and wool of bat are just archaic terms for mustard seed, buttercup, and holly leaves.
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People in North Korea are legally only allowed to have one of 28 haircuts. Men and women can choose from 14 different styles.
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In 1907, a woman was arrested on a beach in Boston for wearing a one-piece swimsuit.
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There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach in the world.
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Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual point. When blindfolded, we will gradually walk in a circle.
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Even though smoking has been banned on airplanes, ashtrays are mandatory on every plane. This is for safe disposal in case someone breaks the law.
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In Greece, women are not legally allowed to wear high heels or tall hats in the Olympic Stadium.
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Garlic bulbs are full of Vitamin C, iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc and more. It also has 17 amino acids.
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On the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, potatoes were once used as currency.
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The strawberry is the only fruit that bears seeds on the outside.
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According to Tori Avey, coffee became a popular drink in America after the Boston Tea Party of 1773: making the switch from tea to coffee was considered a patriotic duty.
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The double coconut palm produced the biggest seed in the world: 45 pounds.
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Ice cream was once called “cream ice.”
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Pound cake is so-called because the recipes once called for a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of flour.
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Peanuts aren't nuts! (They're legumes.)
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Carrots weren't always orange: they were once exclusively purple.