The Japanese marathon runner Shizo Kanakuri fell asleep while taking a break during the 1912 Olympic marathon in Stockholm. In 1967 the Swedes invited him to return and finish the race. His final time was 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds.

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Exposing a man’s genitals to sunlight can cause his testosterone level to rise by 200%.

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In 1924, people used to play real life chess called Human Chess.

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An idiot is someone with an IQ from 0-25, an imbecile is someone with an IQ from 26-50, and a moron is someone with an IQ between 51 and 70.

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A 10-year old boy in England had to undergo emergency surgery to reattach his testicle after a wedgie.

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One cigarette contains enough toxic ingredients to kill a person if those ingredients were directly injected into the bloodstream.

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Women speak an average of about 7,000 words a day. Men average just over 2,000.

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In South Africa, homosexual men and boys were often forced into conversion camps that use hard labor to reinforce masculinity.

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Studies estimate that 70 percent of adolescent girls and 40 percent of adolescent boys will develop stretch marks.

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Kids born to women who experience stressful events during pregnancy may be less coordinated in their body movements as teens, a study shows.

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A bakery worker in Ajman has been detained for spitting in the bread dough as he prepared bread at the bakery, police said. His coronavirus test result is still pending.

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In 2015, a flight from the UK to Dubai had to turn around and land after 30 minutes because of a pungent smell in the plane. It turned out to be the "liquid faecal excrement" of a passenger in the toilet. The smell was so bad that it caused a saftey hazard.

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A New Jersey man bought a $5 bottle of orange juice from ShopRite. His wife said it was too expensive and sent him back to return it as it was on sale for $2.50 elsewhere. He then decided to buy two lottery tickets with the cash refunded for the orange juice, and ended up winning $315.3 million.

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A man admitted that he drugged his girlfriend's tea so she wouldn't interrupt his gaming session. He was later convicted of assault.

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In 2018, Our World's oldest woman(129 years old) revealed that she had only one happy day in her life.

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A 72 year old grandmother has shocked her family and friends by announcing that she is in love with her grandson and are planning on having a baby.

She said: “From the first moment that I saw him, I knew we would never have a grandmother-grandson relationship.
“I’m not interested in anyone else’s opinion. I am in love with him and he’s in love with me.
“For the first time in years I felt sexually alive.”

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Stress dwarfism is a psychological disorder which do not let the sufferer grow in height and weight because of stress.

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