The world has a lot of details and information making impossible to know it all, but here we reveal 20 interesting facts that you probably did not know just 4 minutes ago.
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Ruth Wakefield made a business arrangement of her recipe in exchange for limitless chocolates
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Andrew Nestlé and Ruth Wakefield made a business arrangement: Wakefield gave Nestlé the right to use her cookie recipe and the Toll House name for one dollar and a lifetime supply of Nestlé chocolate. Nestlé began marketing chocolate chips to be used especially for cookies and printing the recipe for the Toll House Cookie on its package.
Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears
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The more probable explanation is an insect in search of nutrients: in this case, sodium. These butterflies are in the middle of an extreme salt craving.
The shortest song in the world lasts 1 second and a half
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"You Suffer" is a song by the British grindcore band Napalm Death, from their debut album, Scum. It is precisely 1.316 seconds long. The song was written by band members Nicholas Bullen, Justin Broadrick, and Mick Harris during the sessions for the From Enslavement to Obliteration demo recording in March 1986, and is featured on the album Scum, released in 1987.
Alpacas die if they don't find a partner
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Alpacas are sensible; they cannot stay long alone because they die of depression. How romantic!
Mysterious signal in 1977 of extraterrestrial life
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A scientist spotted an unusual radio blast while scanning the stars for possible signs of extraterrestrial life as part of NASA's SETI Project. The 72-second blast, detected by Dr. Jerry Ehman through a radio telescope, seemed to be coming from Sagittarius but matched no celestial object. The signal was so strange that Ehman circled the signal on a readout and scribbled "Wow!" next to it.
19 million people have the same birthday as you
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No matter how special you feel that day, at least 19 million people in the world are celebrating their birthdays too.
The lion of the movies murdered his trainer one day after making the video
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The MGM iconic trademark- the roaring lion appears at the beginning on every MGM Movie. The lion killed his coach and two assistants the day after this segment was recorded.
Can your fart create an Atom Bomb?
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If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
The two longest words in the world
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a supposed lung disease, 45 letters.
Floccinaucinihilipilification, the estimation of something as worthless, 29 letters.
It is easier to die for a champagne cork than for a spider bite
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It is more likely to die struck by the cork of a bottle than by the bite of a spider.
The first thing you write on a sheet of paper
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A study showed that 97% of people that where given a pen and a sheet of paper wrote their name first.
How to always win at rock, paper, scissors
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Scissors is the least popular choice, and men favour rock. Both are reasons to choose paper in a one-shot match. Announce what you’re going to throw and do it. Most players figure you won’t go through with it.
Faking a smile is bad for your health
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Plastering a fake smile on your face might make others think you're in a great mood, but it can't affect you in the same way. According to researchers LeeAnne Harker and Dacher Keltner, faking a smile is detrimental to our overall happiness. People who smile genuinely, even if they do so less often, report being more satisfied and happier with their lives.
Mosquitoes survive raindrop collisions by virtue of their low mass
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A mosquito’s strong exoskeleton and low mass renders it impervious to falling drops. The mosquito’s low mass causes raindrops to lose little momentum upon impact and so impart correspondingly low forces to the mosquitoes.
One Dog Year Does Not Equal Seven Human Years
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No one knows where the dog years rule came from, though virtually all dog owners know it. According to that popular myth, every year a dog spends on the planet is equivalent to seven years for a human. So if a dog lives to be 15 years old, she's actually 105 in human years. So the take home is pretty clear: the 7:1 ratio is a gross oversimplification of how dogs age. But it will probably be dog's years before that popular myth goes away.
Where is the coldest place in the world?
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It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night.
Crocodiles Have Strongest Bite Ever Measured on the planet
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Crocodiles may be the world's champion chompers, killing with the greatest bite force ever directly measured for living animals, a new study says.
The fastest moving muscle in the human body
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The fastest moving muscle in the human body is the one that closes the eyelid. This muscle is called the orbicularis muscle. The opening or closing of the eye, or the blink of the eye, was used for measuring time in ancient India.
The word Petrichor
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Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek petra, meaning "stone", and īchōr, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.
Spiders eat their webs
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Some spiders do recycle their own webs by consuming the silk. This allows a spider to keep spinning webs even if it's missed a few meals recently.