The life span of a taste bud is about 10 days.

Your taste isn't the only thing that evolves as you get older—your literal taste buds are changing all the time.

In fact, "taste bud cells undergo continual turnover even in adulthood, and their average lifespan has been estimated as approximately 10 days," according to findings published in the journal Neuroscience.

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The term "soccer" was created in Britain. It was used until the late 20th century when British fans noticed it was becoming too Americanized and decided to abandon it.

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Marijuana is illegal in 48 states, and having sex with a horse is illegal in only 27 states.

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Andrés Escobar was a Colombian football player who scored an own goal that eliminated his team from the 1994 World Cup and was murdered in retaliation to the mistake. His murder further tarnished the image of the country internationally. Ironically, Escobar himself had worked to promote a more positive image of Colombia.

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In Morocco in 1955, a pregnant woman was scheduled for a c-section but fled the hospital after watching another woman die during the procedure. She was in pain for a few days after, but then the pain suddenly disappeared, so she went on with her life.

Forty-six years later, she was diagnosed with a tumor. It turned out to be the calcified baby still inside her.

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Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass when drinking.

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China banned Winnie the Pooh after comparisons between the cartoon bear and President Xi Jinping.

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Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate birthdays because the only two accounts of birthday parties in the Bible ended in murder (the hanging of the Pharaoh's baker during the Pharaohs birthday, and the beheading of John the Baptist at King Herod Antipas' birthday).

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Beer is roughly 90-95% water.

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In China, there is an "Elderly Rights" law which makes it illegal for anyone who has parents over 60 not to visit them regularly.

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OMG was added to dictionaries in 2011, but its first known use was in 1917.

OMG is an abbreviation that many of us started using when texts, tweets, and other short messages became the norm, but it turns out it was first used in 1917 in a letter from a British admiral to Winston Churchill, according to Wall Street Journal. It was only added to modern dictionaries in recent years. (Snapple's fact says 2011, however, Merriam-Webster entered it into its online dictionary two years earlier, in 2009.)

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A Burkini is a type of swimsuit for Muslim women, which covers the whole body except the face, the hands and the feet.

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Mexico is the world's fattest country. About 73% of the Mexican population is overweight.

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Every human being starts out as an asshole: the anus is the first part of the body to form in the womb.

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The world's largest mountain range is under the sea.

Mount Everest or Kilimanjaro are likely the massive mountains you know by name. But if you're looking for the longest mountain range on Earth, you'd need to check out the mid-ocean ridge, which the National Ocean Service reports stretches for 40,389 miles, with 90 percent of it under the sea.

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In Uganda, rolled eggs are called rolex. It is a popular street food across the country.

A Guinness World Record for the Largest Ugandan Rolex weighing 204.6kg was set in 2022.

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Men with ring fingers longer than their index fingers, tend to have longer penises and more attractive faces.

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