During the 1990s, 228 babies in California were named Unique. However, the names Uneek, Uneque, and Uneqqee were actually unique for that period.

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People in the UK who have recovered from coronavirus infections scored lower on cognitive assessments and intelligence tests, even after controlling for a wide range of factors, than those who have not had the virus.

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The spots and colors you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes."

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In 2005, a ban on the word ‘mate’ within the Australian parliament building was retracted less than 24 hours after it was announced.

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On New Year's Day in 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt held an event where he shook hands with 8,510 people in one day and set a Guinness World record that would hold for over 70 years. The record was broken in 1977, when during a publicity stunt, a New Jersey mayor shook over 11,000 hands in a single day.

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When the voice in your head "speaks," your larynx makes subtle muscle movements to accompany it.

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In 2016, A Florida man named Daniel Rushing was awarded $37,000 after cops mistook glazed donut crumbs in his car for meth. They tested the white crystals and they tested positive for meth. Rushing told them they were donut crumbs, but the cops didn't listen.

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There is a solar power technology that does not involve solar panels. Known as concentrating solar-thermal power, this system employs mirrors that reflect and concentrate sunlight onto receivers for collecting solar energy, which is then converted to heat. The heat is used to produce electricity or stored for later use.

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The first woman to run for President of
the United States was Victoria Woodhull in 1872, 50 years before women could vote. She had Frederick Douglass as her running mate, and spent election day in jail due to being arrested for obscenity.

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The First athlete to get disqualified at the Olympics for drug use was a Swedish modern pentathlete named Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who allegedly had only "two beers" to calm his nerves before the pistol shooting event. He caused the Swedish team to get disqualified at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the team had to return their bronze medals.

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The part of our brain responsible for exercising judgment deactivates when looking at a photo of someone we love, according to MRI scans.

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In France, all new public buildings must be made of at least 50% wood.

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