Singles' Day always falls on Nov. 11 because the date 11/11 represents four ones, or four singles, standing together. The name literally translates as "single sticks holiday".

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Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome, a psychosomatic illness found only in parts of India, where individuals who have been bitten by a dog believe that a puppy is conceived in their abdomen. Sufferers often report seeing the puppy in their reflection, or hearing it growl in their belly.

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The US initiated 81% global armed conflicts from 1945 to 2001.

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Thomas Wadhouse was an English circus performer who lived in the 18th century. He is most famously known for having the world's longest nose, which measured 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.

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A New study found that rats have rhythm and like Lady Gaga’s music, specifically ‘Born This Way.’

The University of Tokyo discovered that, when playing the track, the rats managed to keep in time with it at 132 beats per minute, the same as humans

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One in five surveyed men would give up sex for a year to get the 'perfect beard'.

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Technically, you're never really 'touching' anything because atoms repel each other

When you're sitting in a chair, you're actually hovering above it at an unbelievably small distance.

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The Bajau people, of South-East Asia, are a sea fairing Austronesian group who have evolved bigger spleens, letting them store more haemoglobin-rich blood, which is expelled into the bloodstream when the spleen contracts at depth. They also intentionally rupture their eardrums.

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Lobsters pee out of their faces.

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Before Canada was officially named Canada, other names had been suggested but rejected.

Some examples include: Albertsland, Borealia, Britannia, Tuponia and others. The current name, Canada, likely comes from the aboriginal word "Kanata" which means village or settlement.

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'The Simpsons' predicted Donald Trump running for president in 2024, seven years ago.

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Hundreds of sheep have been walking in a circle for 12 days straight in China.

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In 1140, a German king sieged the town of Weinsberg and ordered all the women to leave, saying they could take whatever they could carry on their backs

The women left their belongings and carried their husbands on their shoulders instead. The king kept his word

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