In France, it's illegal to publish photographs of handcuffed suspects until they've been convicted.

Doing so before a conviction is a threat to personal dignity; as they would appear to be guilty anyway.

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Sea otters will hold hands while they're sleeping, so they don't drift apart.

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Alligators rarely suffer from infections because they have robust immune systems

Their blood is effective against 23 strains of bacteria, and can even destroy a significant amount of HIV.

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Reindeers are so well-adapted to the Arctic winter, they are more likely to overheat than freeze in the cold.

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In Germany, trees are numbered.

This is done in order to keep a list of the trees in the forest. The list contains all the information about the tree: age, condition, species. This is necessary to take proper care of the trees and to prevent them from falling down.

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If you suffer from micturition syncope, you faint while urinating or immediately after urinating.

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The first traffic light was installed on December 10, 1868, in London near the British Parliament building.

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By the end of life, a person remembers an average of 150 trillion bits of information.

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In Africa, water lilies can be so large that they can support the weight of children and even adults.

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The decomposition of a body to a skeleton in ordinary soil can take about a year, while the decomposition of the skeleton itself can take from eight to twelve years.

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In ancient Greece and Rome doctors used spider webs as bandages for their patients.

Spider webs have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, which can help keep wounds clean and prevent infection. It's also said that spider webs are rich in vitamin K, which helps promote clotting

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This is how baby elephants drink water. They don't know how to use their trunks to drink until they are 9 months.

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Tom and Jerry were originally called Jasper and Jinks.

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The lunch catch scene in 'Spider-Man' wasn't CGI. Toby Maguire actually caught all the items. It took him 156 tries to do it correctly.

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Studies show that many serial killers had traumatic sexual experiences as children. Thirty-five percent had committed crimes of a sexual nature, and 43 percent admitted to having been sexually abused themselves.

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A dog may intentionally sneeze while playing with a person to express his happiness and joy.

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Stonehenge is a rebuild. It was originally erected in Wales 5,000 years ago, before its stones were dug up and dragged over 140 miles (225 km) to their current location on Salisbury Plain.

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The healthiest place on our planet is considered to be the Japanese island of Okinawa.

There are officially registered over 450 centenarians, each of whom is already over 100 years old.

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The world record for the number of marriages belongs to a priest named Glenn Wolfe. He was married 29 times and died on his 30th marriage

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Beavers form lifelong partnership and remain loyal to their partner forever.

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‘Blood Feuds’ are still active in Albania. If someone kills someone, the family then kills someone from their family and it goes back and forth. The only safe haven is your home. Some feuds are decades old, and some children hardly leave their home to stay safe.

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