The Cistercian monks invented a numbering system in the 13th century which allowed them to write any number from 1 to 9999 using a single symbol.
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What River contains the Most Water?
What River contains the Most Water?
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38%
Amazon
54%
Nile
9%
Yangtze
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A 75-year-old Brazilian farmer successfully treated his Alzheimer’s symptoms with microdoses of THC.
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There's a gun centric cult in the US that worships carrying AR-15s and their followers are called 'Moonies'.
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Which is NOT an official language of Switzerland?
Which is NOT an official language of Switzerland?
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26%
German
36%
Italian
38%
Spanish
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The youngest person to ever achieve nuclear fusion was just 12-years old.
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The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 - an outbreak of mass psychogenic illness among school children which occurred shortly after Tanzanian independence.
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In which US state can we find Yellowstone National Park?
In which US state can we find Yellowstone National Park?
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31%
Wyoming
41%
Kansas
28%
Texas
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Sperm can live inside a woman's vagina for up to five days waiting for her to begin ovulating.
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Chess boxing is a sport which combines chess and boxing. Players take turns playing chess followed by a round of boxing.
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What do you call an object from outer space that has entered Earth's atmosphere?
What do you call an object from outer space that has entered Earth's atmosphere?
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30%
Comet
61%
Meteor
9%
Pulsar
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In Colombia, some people still believe that if a person is bitten by a lantern fly, they will die unless they have sex within 24 hours.
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Nigeria is expected to be the 3rd largest population in the world by 2050.
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What do we call the third molars?
What do we call the third molars?
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24%
Incisors
27%
Maxillary teeth
49%
Wisdom teeth
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Trypophobia is the fear of closely-packed holes, or more specifically, "an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps."
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How many humans have set foot on the planet Mars?
How many humans have set foot on the planet Mars?
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44%
0
32%
2
24%
5
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The female G-spot is named after Ernst Gräfenberg, a progressive Jewish medical doctor who studied female sexual physiology (including female ejaculation) well ahead of his time.
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What is the cause of Athlete's foot?
What is the cause of Athlete's foot?
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79%
Fungus
17%
Bacteria
4%
Virus
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To store the contents /consciousness of the human brain we would need an estimated 2000 exabytes of storage.( 1 exabyte = 1000000 TB).
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