Nightingale, also known as night songstress, is a songbird that has an astonishingly rich repertoire.

It is able to produce over 1000 different sounds, compared with just 100 by blackbirds. This is because the part of the brain responsible for creating sound is bigger in nightingales than in most other birds.

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Would you rather cheat or be cheated on?

Bangkok police once arrested a 48 year old man, who broke into homes and stole panties since the last 30 yrs. 11,000 panties were found in his home.

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A Sperm bank known as the "Nobel Sperm Bank" provided women with sperm from geniuses in an attempt to improve the human race.

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Women's farts generally smell worse than men's due to higher levels of hydrogen sulfide.

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When going on a date, go to a horror film. Elevated heart rate and adrenaline is strongly tied to sexual attraction.

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South Korea has a different age system than we do.

Koreans are considered 1-year-old when they are born, then everyone gets one year older every New Years' day.

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Premature babies, instead of full-term babies, are often cast in movies because they look like newborns, yet meet the minimum 15-day-old requirement allowing them to "work."

Twins are highly sought after because they look alike and filming hours can be doubled.

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In 1969, musician named Jim Sullivan recorded an album noscriptd 'U.F.O'. The album featured songs that contained unusual lyrics; some of these being of Jim leaving his family and being abducted by aliens. 6 years later, Jim vanished without a trace. His car was found on the side of an isolated desert road.

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The Burj Khalifa is so tall that Muslim residents living on the highest floors must wait an additional 3 minutes to break their Ramadan fast from those on the ground floor, as they experience sunset later.

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Your meanest friend be the one who loves you the most.

Studies show people who make others experience negative emotions believe the impact of those emotions will benefit them in the long run. When it comes to close friends, those who are honest and harsh probably just want what's best for you.

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The word "soccer" was invented in Britain around 200 years ago as an alternative to "football"

It wasn't until the 1980s that Britain began to phase it out because it had become "too American"

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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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An Epidemic of laughing that lasted almost a year broke out in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in 1962. Several thousand people were affected, across several villages. It forced a school to close. It wasn't fun, though — other symptoms included crying, fainting, rashes, and pain.

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Does religion matter in a relationship?