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?

Pablo Escobar and his son took a photo standing in front of the White house in 1981, even though he was one of the most wanted crime lords at the time.

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Tyler Moon was running a 10 mile race in 2019 with a "Jesus saves" bib when he experienced cardiac arrest, but right behind him was a registered nurse named Jesus, who helped save his life.

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We would like to wish a Happy Easter to all Christians celebrating around the world!

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Fish can suffer from depression.

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In 1995, Elon Musk quit Standford University's Ph.D. program to cofound an internet startup with his brother, Kimbal.

They used $28,000 from their father's bank account to create a company named "Zip2." They sold the company four years later, and Elon made $22 million.

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The Word "dinner" comes from the French word "disner," which means "breakfast."

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​​‘Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you’ was the longest string of words signed by Nim Chimpsky, the chimpanzee subject of an extended study into animal language in the 1970s.

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China has recorded the first human infection of the H3N8 strain of bird flu, but the country's health authority says risk of human-to-human transmission is low.

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Does Age difference matter in Marriage?

"Never odd or even" spelled backwards is still "Never odd or even."

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