Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.

Oysters are a protandric species, which means that they don't remain male or female over the course of their lifetime. Instead, they change genders. With reproductive organs that contain both eggs and sperm, oysters first release sperm when they mature before switching over to eggs once they get a little older.

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Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten in China as a delicacy. Even though most Chinese people don't eat cats or dogs, as many as four million cats a year are estimated to be killed for the meat trade.

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Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a new beach every day for over 27 years.

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In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into two countries, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

It was the only (mostly) non-violent split of an ex-Eastern Bloc nation, so peaceful it was called the "Velvet Divorce".

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Sloths can take up to a month to completely digest a single leaf.

Everything about life is slow for these sleepy mammals. Most sloths will only have a bowel movement once a week, and it can take them up to 30 days to completely digest a single leaf.

For comparison, it takes the average human 12 to 48 hours to ingest, digest, and eliminate waste from food.

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Italian artist Piero Manzoni filled 90 tin cans with his feces, called it "Artist's shit" and sold them for up to €124,000 a tin.

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Wishing a Happy Easter to all those celebrating!

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Chocolate has an anti-bacterial effect on the mouth and protects against tooth decay.

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Samosas are banned in Somalia. Prepared from refined flour and a filling of meat or vegetables, the snack has a triangular shape which seemed to be a symbol of Christianity to 'Al-Shabaab group'.

The shape didn't go well with the group, as they thought it resembles the Christian Holy Trinity and so they banned Samosa in Somalia in the year 2011.

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The Ethiopian bible is the oldest, most complete and original bible on earth.

Written on goat skin in the early Ethiopian language of Ge’ez. It is also World’s first illustrated Christian Bible.

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"Fart Battles" were popular art scrolls created in Japan during the Edo period.

Not only was flatulence rewarded, it became the basis for competitive play in battles known as He-gassen.

He-gassen is also the name of a Japanese scroll that was made nearly a hundred and seventy years ago. According to research, it would have been created during the mid-1800s in the Edo period of Japan.

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While rare, laughter has actually been the cause of multiple deaths.

The last notable case was a man who was in good health but laughed so hard while watching a 1988 comedy, his heart rate rose to an estimated 250-500 beats per minute, leading to a fatal heart attack.

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