In ancient Egypt, cats were considered sacred.

When a family's favorite cat died, the whole family would shave off their eyebrows and mourn until the eyebrows grew back.

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The 100-year-old Brazilian got into the Guinness Book of Records, as he worked in the same company for the longest time in the world, which was 84 years.

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In the forests of India grows a plant called kalir kanda, locally called "stomach cheat.

After eating 1-2 leaves, one feels satiated for a whole week, even though there are no nutrients in the leaves.

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If you cut $10 Australian dollars in half, you can legally use each half as $5.

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Forgot your computer password?

Boot up in safe mode (F8 during startup), log in as administrator and then change your password.

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Chocolate has long been a currency.

At the beginning of our era, ancient civilizations living in South Africa and Mexico used cocoa beans in the monetary system.

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Our memories can be so easily manipulated that in just 3 hours you can be convinced you committed a crime in your teenage years, a research found.

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In Malaysia, beer is considered the most effective means of preventing infant illnesses.

That is why locals often bathe newborns with this foamy drink.

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A plane crashed because a crocodile that was smuggled onboard caused passengers to panic and shift the weight balance of the plane, when they ran away from it. 20 people out of 21 died in the crash. The crocodile survived.

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In 2019, a man from Gujarat, India bit a snake, after the snake had bitten him.

Both he and the snake died.

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IPHONE is a Chinese brand of leather products and none of them are phones, which is why Apple lost a legal battle against them and has to share the trademark for the word "iPhone" with them.

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Honey bees have weird family trees. Male drones have 1 parent - a mother - while females have 2 parents.

All members of the colony have the same mother - the queen - but her female offspring have various fathers.

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There are snakes with two heads, which compete with each other for food.

The fact that some snakes are born with two heads is pretty incredible as is, but what about the added detail that these heads are actually two distinct parts that both work with one another and also see each other as competition.

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The World's strongest coffee, aka Death wish coffee, contain 200% more caffeine than average cup of coffee. This is not recommended for people who want to sleep at some point in next 3 days.

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A Reporter from Dubai called Omar Borkan Al Gala was ordered to leave Saudi Arabia just because the authorities thought he was 'too handsome' and would make those women who were vulnerable to fall in Love.

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In 2012, a man wore 60 shirts and nine pairs of jeans on an 11-and-a-half hour flight from China to Africa because he didn't want to pay the extra baggage fee.

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In 1923, German banknotes became so worthless that people started using them as wallpaper.

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Man locks his head in a cage in an attempt to quit smoking. Wife has the key and only opens it for meals.

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The most dishonest election in history🇱🇷

Charles King is the president of Liberia in 1927, who got into the Guinness Book of Records for the most dishonest elections in history.

He won 234 thousand votes in a country where there were only 15 thousand voters.

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