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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When we are born, our brains are initially conditioned to feel fear, joy, happiness, or shame. The development of these emotions does not depend on personality, but on upbringing.

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🍽 When you eat fast, your body doesn't know when it's full. This leads to overeating.

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🐬 Dolphins "hold hands" to make friends Some species, such as Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, maintain "friendships" for decades. Contact of pectoral fins is used as a form of tactile communication and for establishing social bonds.

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🚑 In the German traffic code there is the concept of Rettungsgasse

Which translates to "rescue alley". In case of a traffic jam, drivers must always form it for ambulances and firefighters.

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Memories are so easily manipulated that in 3 hours, You can be convinced You committed a crime that never happened.

Researchers did a study to understand more about why people have gone to jail for false confessions, and they were able to convince 70% of participants that they were guilty of a fake crime.

The college-age participants not only confessed, but they also described very detailed experiences that never actually happened.

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In 2008, Finnish police found a dead mosquito while searching the inside of a stolen car

They tested the blood from the mosquito's last meal and successfully used it to identify the thief.

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🍆 Eggplant contains almost the entire periodic table of elements, making them very beneficial for health, weight management, and immunity. However, many people dislike eggplants due to their specific taste.

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The Oxalis plant goes reacts vigorously when touched, Its seeds are catapulted up to 4 metres away on what the plant ‘wants’ to be the animal that agitated it, for wide dispersal
Stored strain energy releases the seeds consecutively like dominoes .

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😱 2666 - that is the number of satellites currently orbiting the Earth.

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Arthur Wharton born in Accra,Ghana ,in 1865 ,held the world record in the 100 yard track for 30 years. He went on to be the world's first professional black soccer⚽ player ,a cycling champion 🏆 , a professional cricketer ,and then a professional rugby 🏉 player. He died penniless in 1930 in the United States and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave.

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Water may taste strange when it's been left out overnight because it absorbs gases from the air. Don't leave a glass of water open to the air!

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According to a study, having daughters can increase the life expectancy for fathers.

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This is what an oasis in Libya looks like.

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Baby Lynlee was "born twice."

First, surgeons brought her out of the womb to remove a spinal tumor. After the successful surgery, she was placed back in the womb and later born again as a healthy baby girl.

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