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Interesting Facts About Death

On average, right-handed people live 9 years longer than their left-handed counterparts. A murder is committed in the US every 23 minutes, which makes about 22852 murders each year. On average, people fear spiders more than they do dying. However, statistically you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by the [...]

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Ten Obscure Factoids Concerning Albert Einstein

1. He Liked His Feet Naked “When I was young, I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in the sock,” he once said. “So I stopped wearing socks.” Einstein was also a fanatical slob, refusing to “dress properly” for anyone. Either people knew him or they didn’t, he reasoned [...]

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24 Interesting Facts

1. A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving. 2. About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land. 3. According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month. 4. Adult Northwestern American Grizzly Bears can bite through steel as thick [...]

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List of Phobias

The fear of animals is called zoophobia, and the fear of numbers is called arithmophobia !! What types of phobias are you? Continue Reading

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Valentine’s Day Used to Be Celebrated on February 15th, Not 14th

Valentine’s Day originates from the ancient Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia, which was celebrated on 15 February in honour of the gods Lupercus and Faunus, as well as the legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. During the festival, young men would draw the names of women from a box, and each couple would be [...]

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The Best: Accidental Discoveries

1. Viagra Men being treated for erectile dysfunction should salute the working stiffs of Merthyr Tydfil, the Welsh hamlet where, in 1992 trials, the gravity-defying side effects of a new angina drug first popped up. Previously, the blue-collar town was known for producing a different kind of iron. 2. LSD Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann took [...]

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The World’s Billionaires

The collective net worth of the world’s 691 billionaires is $2.2 trillion, up $300 billion from the combined net worths of the 587 people listed last year. Read more about the World’s billionaires here.

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Arsole, Bastardane, Moronic Acid, Those Are Real Molecules Names

Believe it or not, some chemists do have a sense of humour, and this page is a testament to that. Here we’ll show you some real molecules that have unusual, ridiculous or downright silly names. Some of the names Arsole, Bastardane, Moronic Acid and more. Read source

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40 Interesting Facts

1. California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ. 2. Kangaroos can not walk backwards. 3. ‘Jedi’ is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia. 4. According to a recent survey, more than half of British adults have had sex in a public place! 5. Most alcoholic beverages [...]

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Most Dangerous Destinations 2006

The world has always been a dangerous place. From the black plague to avian flu, Attila the Hun to Osama bin-Laden, Mount Vesuvius to the Indian Ocean tsunami–and let’s not even mention biological or nuclear warfare–people and cultures are eternally prone to natural disaster, social upheaval and just plain killing each other. Read source

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20 Interesting Facts

1. A zebra is white with black stripes. 2. All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 3. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards. 4. Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other [...]

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