Alligators can survive in frozen swamps by sticking their snouts through the ice to breathe.
They lower their metabolism and don't eat for months. This remarkable looking process is called brumation.

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Starting January 1, all children born between 2025 and 2039 will be part of the demographic group 'Generation Beta'

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An Italian Giampaolo Tomassetti took 5 years to learn Mahabharata and 12 years to complete this painting

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Smoking leads to the appearance of wrinkles due to the destructive action of nicotine on collagen. Moreover, wrinkles in smokers are deeper and appear earlier.

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Hyperthymesia is an extremely rare cognitive deviation in which a person remembers every detail of their life in the smallest detail.

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The journey food takes when it travels through your stomach 🌮

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The lowest temperature ever was recorded at Russia's Vostok research station in Antarctica on July 21, 1983(-89.2°С).

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Women have twice as many nerve endings as men, which is why they feel pain more strongly. Nevertheless, this makes them more tolerant to pain.

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The largest bar of gold in the world is 250 kg, currently on display at the Toi Gold Museum in Izu, Japan.

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The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue at 182 metres (597 feet), located near Kevadia in the state of Gujarat, India.

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Did you know that the Hollywood sign standing today isn’t the original sign built in 1923? By 1978, the original wooden sign had reached a severely deteriorated stage, and after a large public campaign by Alice Cooper, a new Hollywood sign was erected made entirely of a permanent steel structure.

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Hero on two fronts.

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Occasionally, human corpses can undergo saponification, a process in which body fat transforms into adipocere through a chemical reaction. Adipocere has a consistency similar to semi-hard cheese and possesses a soapy feel. The most well-known example of this phenomenon is the "Soap Lady," a 140-year-old mummy showcased in Pennsylvania.

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🐜 If an ant is fatally wounded, it will do everything possible to prevent other ants from helping it, forcing them to leave so that colony resources are not wasted.

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The world’s biggest spiderweb—home to 111,000+ spiders— is found in the Cave of Sulphur on the Albanian–Greek border. Two common species built a massive colonial cobweb in a permanently dark zone—the first record of cooperative web-building at this scale. Researchers call for preservation and are preparing follow-up studies. 🕷️🕸️🌍🇦🇱🇬🇷

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Ancient Romans used a mix of volcanic ash and lime to create concrete that is still stronger than modern concrete and self-heals with seawater.

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100 year old lady & rhododendrons her husband planted nearly 50 years ago.
Gloria Stenger was 100 on Sept. 4, 2023, and lives in the same house her husband built in the early 70s. In 1975 he planted these flowers, sadly he has since passed, no one has really fertilized the planted rhododendrons since, but they've continued growing anyway.

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💋 What are the dangers of hickeys?

During a hickey, blood vessels burst and clots form, which can break off and travel through the hickey and into the brain. It clogs the blood vessel, and then death or partial paralysis can occur.

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💎 The most expensive ring was created by Swiss jewelers Shawish. The ring is not adorned with a diamond - the fabulously expensive accessory is carved out of a single diamond. Its cost is $70,046,000.

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An albatross can soar for up to 6 days without flapping its wings, choosing the necessary air currents.

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Space fact: A day on Pluto is 153.6 hours or 6.4 Earth days long.

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