"Dropping" is a tradition among many Dutch parents; they take their kids camping, then abandon them in the forest at night so the child must find their way back on their own. Some parents follow their kids, hiding and growling in the dark.

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The Average 18-year-old is only about halfway through the process of brain maturity.

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Chess is banned in Russian Antarctic stations, as one 1959 chess match became so heated one player attacked the other with an ice axe.

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India has more honor roll students than America has students.

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A Computer algorithm developed by Stanford University was able to tell if a human was gay or straight just by looking at their photos. It had an accuracy rate of 81% for men, and 74% for women. They didn't make the program publicly available.

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The "Sunday night blues" (aka "The Sunday Scaries") is a psychological phenomenon where some people, particularly students and employees, feel anxiety when thinking about the start of the new week.

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More than 50% of pilots have admitted to falling asleep mid-flight, according to a 2013 survey

29% of them said that when they woke up, their copilot was asleep too

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The World record deepest scuba dive was performed by Ahmed Gabr, a special forces officer on the Egyptian army. Ahmed reached a depth of 1090 Ft. Although he was able to reach this depth in approximately 12 minutes, it took almost 15 hours for him to surface safely.

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While rare, laughter has actually been the cause of multiple deaths

The last notable case was a man who was in good health but laughed so hard while watching a 1988 comedy, his heart rate rose to an estimated 250-500 beats per minute, leading to a fatal heart attack.

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According to Researchers, our brains reaches its peak, at age 35 and lasts till about 45.

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Why do we get red eyes in Photos?

It is because our pupil is just a hole and the flash reflects the blood vessles in the back of our eyes.

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Charles Darwin and his first wife were first cousins. They had 10 kids, only 7 of which made it to adulthood.

Worried that his marriage was responsible, he began experimenting using plants. He found that with any breeding, it's better to cross-breed than keep relatives together.

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