Drowning in salt water is different than drowning in freshwater. It takes longer, as salt water draws blood from the cells into the lungs, which makes you drown in your own blood.

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:🦁 :Lions, despite their huge teeth, do not chew their food but swallow large chunks of meat.

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The skin of all human beings is covered in stripes. They’re called Blaschko’s Lines, and they cover the body from head to toe. We just can’t see them.

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There are brain-eating amoebas.

- They inhabit fresh water and can enter the body through the nose, then proceed to consume brain tissue.

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Eating dates in the last 4 weeks before labour helps with birth.

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Termites, although behaving like ants, are actually evolved cockroaches.

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Earthworms are hermaphrodites. Each carries male and female reproductive organs. When mating, two individual earthworms will exchange sperm and fertilize each other's eggs.

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A sleep-deprived person consumes, on average, 400 calories more per day than usual.

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Walmart has it’s own private satellite 📡 communications network, and it’s the largest privately owned satellite network in the world.

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Iraqi officers during Operation Al-Fajr-8. Iran-Iraq war.

On the night of February 7, 1986, Iran launched Operation Al-Fajr-8 (Persian for "Dawn-8") to capture the Fao Peninsula. By February 12, Iran had completely captured the Fao Peninsula, losing 600 killed and 2,000 wounded as opposed to Iraq's 5,000 killed and wounded and 1,500 prisoners.

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Yahoo was originally called "Jerry's guide to the world wide web"

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Cristiano Ronaldo is not the name and surname of a football player, but his first and second name.

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Breast cancer used to be known as "Nun's disease" due to the higher prevalence amongst nuns, who were at increased risk due to their celibate lifestyle. An association between reproductive history and cancer risk wasn't proven for about 250 years after it was associated with nuns.


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:🦋 :The rainforests of Brazil are home to amazing butterflies that can scent the air with their wings. These incredible insects emit odors that can attract breeding partners as well as deter predators. Their ability to create aromatic molecules makes them not only beautiful, but also important ecosystem members contributing to rainforest biodiversity.

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There is mental disorder called Maladaptive Daydreaming which causes people to excessively daydream to escape reality as a defense mechanism due to trauma usually from abuse.

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Rotten eggs float and fresh eggs sink in the water.

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In 1962, Bruce lee landed 15 punches, a kick and knocked out his opponent in a fight that lasted only 11 seconds.

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The Manx cat is a domestic cat (Felis catus) that originated on the Isle of Man and has a tail-shortening mutation. The Manx cat's lack of a tail is the result of a genetic abnormality that may have been induced by inbreeding among the Isle of Man's small British Shorthair cats population.

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:🐙 :When a baby octopus is born, it is about the size of a flea. However, adult octopuses can reach lengths of up to 9 meters and weigh over 270 kg!

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