Super Mario is named after real-life businessman Mario Segale, who was renting out a warehouse to Nintendo. After Nintendo fell far behind on rent, Segale did not evict them but gave them a second chance to come up with the money. Nintendo succeeded and named their main character after him.

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The original London Bridge is now in Arizona. It was dismantled and relocated in 1968.

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The space extending from your nose to the center of your lips is called the Philtrum. It serves no function in humans but allows other mammals to carry moisture from the mouth to the nose pad to keep it wet which traps odor particles better than a dry nose pad.

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Yawning is necessary to cool the brain.
With it, we cool the brain, especially when the ambient temperature is lower than the temperature of the human body.

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Copper door handles disinfect themselves.

Copper is toxic to bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc.

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The mimic octopus can change into more than 15 different shapes, including snake, stingray, lionfish, and furry turkey.

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If you have stopped wanting to drink, you urgently need to drink water.

When the human body is dehydrated, the mechanism responsible for thirst turns off.

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Hugh Jackman founded the coffee brand and foundation "Laughing Man" after meeting an Ethiopian coffee farmer named Dukale.

His goal was to help farmers in developing countries sell their goods at fair prices, with all profits from Laughing Man Coffee going to the Laughing Man Foundation to support this mission.

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The driest place on Earth is in Antarctica.

As strange as it sounds, parts of Antarctica's McMurdo Valley haven't seen rain in 2 million years.

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Pandas have a sixth finger that helps them grip bamboo.

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Harvey Ross Ball invented the emoji in 1963 when he created a morale badge for insurance companies.

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Evolution of world brands.

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It's a myth that cows sleep standing up. They sleep laying down but only for 2 hours per day.

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Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city’s stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.

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Mosquitoes are more often attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

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The average human being gets through 900 skins in a lifetime. On average, the amount of times that skin replaces itself in a lifespan of a human is around 900. Researchers have discovered that the skin replaces itself on a monthly basis, or around 27 days. Because the human life expectancy is around 70-75 years old, the skin can be replaced between 840 to 900 times.

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An animal’s yawn is based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn. Yawning doesn't need be a sign of boredom. Rather, it appears to be a measure of brain size. Vertebrates with larger brains yawn longer, according to a study of more than one hundred species of mammals and birds.

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Porphyria is a collection of diseases where symptoms include severe sun sensitivity, prominent canine teeth, and peculiar behavior, is thought to be the basis of the vampire legend.

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There is a disease nicknamed Stone man syndrome(Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva) that converts damaged tissue to bones. Over the course of many years, this leads to the victim becoming more and more like a statue

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The word “electrocute” is a combination of the words electro and execute, meaning you were killed by electricity so if you don’t die, you were not electrocuted, you were shocked.

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