Xenoglossy refers to a phenomenon in which people begin to speak in other languages, not 'acquired by natural means'.

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Naples, Italy is creating a DNA database of all its resident dogs.

Any dog poo found left on the sidewalk will be tested against the database, and the owner of the dog will be fined €500

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In Spanish, the word "esposas" means both "wives" and "handcuffs."

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The tea bag was an accidental invention.

In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.

After such positive feedback from the happy accident, Sullivan designed intentional teabags for commercial production. In the 1920s, his sachets made of gauze—and later, paper—included the string with the tag hanging over the side so the bag could be easily removed. Some things really do stay the same.

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Red rain once fell in India.

Back on July 25, 2001, "blood-red rain fell over the Kerala district of western India," according to The Guardian. The strange drops even "turned local people's clothes pink." Yellow, green, and black rain also fell in other districts in the area, according to The Hindu. It's believed that the rainwater turned various colors due to the fact that the wind had swept up similarly colored sand before it came down with the rain.

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The world record for the tallest stack of doughnuts totaled more than 3,000.

Measuring almost 5-feet tall, the pyramid-shaped tower was made up of 3,100 doughnuts. According to Guinness World Records, the structure was "designed on a number of different software products to ensure its structural integrity." The organizers behind the project enlisted the help of a structural engineer and an architect, who eventually concluded a pyramid shape would give them "the best combination of stability and height."

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More than 800 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea.

It's hard to imagine anyone being able to speak—or even understand—all of the 850-plus indigenous languages that are spoken in Papua New Guinea. And in reality, most people don't. Many of the languages in the country—such as Nihali—are only spoken and understood by a few thousand people in the world. Still, the sheer number of languages that exist in Papua New Guinea make it one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world.

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The longest tennis rally lasted over 12 hours.

Italian athletes Simone Frediani and Daniele Pecci earned the world record for the longest tennis rally ever on June 11, 2017.

Hitting for more than 12 and a half hours straight—from 6:23 a.m. to 7 p.m.—the two took a total of 51,283 uninterrupted strokes, sipping from water-filled backpacks to hydrate without having to stop play.

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There is a fish with transparent bones and white blood.

The Antarctic blackfin icefish, not only does this creature lack scales and have transparent bones, but it's also unique in that it doesn't have red blood cells or hemoglobin pigments for transporting oxygen, causing the fish to have a very unique characteristic: white blood.

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Sexsomnia, also called sleep sex, is a disorder in which sleeping people engage in sexual behaviors such as masturbation or initiating sex with another person. Even if their eyes open and they make sexual noises, they are truly asleep and unaware of their behavior once they are awake.

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Aphantasia - this is a condition that blocks the mind’s eye, it affects 2-5% of people globally and reduces their ability to remember the past, imagine the future, and even dream.

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