Crab mentality or crab theory refers to the way of thinking that can be best described by the phrase, "if I can't have it neither can you:" The metaphor comes from a pattern of behavior seen in crabs when a large number of them are trapped in a bucket. In this scenario, despite being able to escape on their own, the crabs grab each other and undermine the other's efforts, making sure of the group's collective demise.

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Male infertility tests are performed by seeing if a man's sperm can penetrate the egg of a hamster.

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When going into battle, the Rajput would attach fake elephant trunks to Marwari war horses to make them appear as elephants so that the elephants carrying the enemies would instinctively refuse to attack them This would give the Rajput the advantage of attacking first baby.

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Bats address each other as individuals and even get into arguments.

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The tissue used by Lionel Messi in his farewell speech at Barcelona press conference is being auctioned for $1 Million.

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According to a study, wishing someone luck makes them do better.

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The "O" before an Irish name (ex: O’Brien, O’Malley, etc) means "descendant of".

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Before anesthesia, speed was essential to minimize pain and improve the odds of survival.

Robert Liston, a British surgeon who excelled at this, once performed a surgery, during which he moved so fast that he took an assistant's fingers off when cutting through a leg. Both the patient and the assistant later died of infection, and one spectator died of shock. This was the only known surgery in history that had a 300% mortality rate.

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A Man called Billy owen lost an eye and half his face to cancer, and used it to start a career as a zombie actor.

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A car company has made the first ever Transparent car. It is totally made of high density heavy duty glass with no paint used. It is said to be stronger and more secure than ongoing cars in the market.

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The term “checkmate” comes from the Persian phrase “shah mat” which means “the king is dead.”

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Aladdin's face was modeled after Tom Cruise's face.

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In 1860, Mary Bateman, also known as the Yorkshire Witch, pulled off a scam known as the Prophet of Leeds.

Once her hen laid eggs, she would inscribe "Christ is Coming" on them and insert them back into the hen to trick people into thinking that they were predicting the coming of Christ.

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In an attempt to reduce the cleaning cost, Amsterdam airport installed a picture of a fly in the urinals, so that men can aim at it and avoid splashing the Urine. It worked!

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This Russian Lady is addicted to motherhood, and vows to have 105 Kids- She is 23-year old and already has 11 Kids.

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In Norway, "Texas" is slang for "crazy".

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