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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If a guy stands with his legs apart while talking to a girl, it means he likes her.

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Red Wine Kills Cancer Cells. Resveratrol--a compound extracted from the skins of red grapes--can effectively fight cancer even after the body has metabolized it and converted it into other compounds.

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The Movie Gravity was more expensive than the Indian Mars mission.

The entire mission cost $74 million. As Narenda Modi pointed out during a June visit to an Indian rocket facility, that's less than it cost to make the movie Gravity (the film's budget was about $100 million). It is, by far, the cheapest successful interplanetary mission ever carried out.

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Insurance companies buy insurance for themselves called reinsurance, which covers them for when they have to payout on an insurance policy they have issued.

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The longest pregnancy in humans on record is 375 days (12.5 months).

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Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.

Earrings may have given pirates a bit of fashionable flair, but the accessories weren't worn simply for stylish reasons. Some pirates thought earrings could improve eyesight and ward off seasickness.

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