Our taste bud changes every 7 years, so if there was a food you hated 7 years ago, that might have changed now.

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Clouds look so light and weightless, but in fact the average cloud weighs around 500,000kg.

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🎉 HAPPY 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FAM 🎊

We couldn't have gone this far without every single one of you. We appreciate everyone that's been part of the journey. It isn't easy to spend everyday of the past 5 years in delivering content to you, but watching people truly enjoy the channel makes it worthwhile.

We will accept your well wishes as usual on the bot.

New Surprises are coming also coming your way after a while!

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We would like to thank everyone for sending their sweet wishes on our anniversary! Each and every text doesn't go unnoticed. Your kind words and loving thoughts are incredibly powerful, and it just made our day amazing.

We will continue to deliver the best possible content, and grow this beautiful family. Cheers to more years🥂

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It's extremely rare, but a woman can get pregnant while already pregnant. It's Called Superfetation.

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Syngenesophobia is the fear of relatives.

Feeling of uncontrollable anxiety when you think or meet relatives. The feeling of you must do everything to avoid relatives.

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People in toronto have started to list 'The other half of their bed' for rent as the housing market has gotten worse.

The Toronto housing market has gotten significantly worse and people are now listing the ‘other half of the bed’ for rent. A Facebook Marketplace post showed a listing offering to rent half a queen bed for $650 a month.

Would you share a bed with a stranger to save money?!

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There is an organization called "Cuddle Party" that holds parties where you cuddle with strangers & make new friends.

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The Cameras used in many space missions are so powerful that it can see your shoe color & size from space.

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There is actually a place in Yellowstone park, USA called zone of death where u can legally commit any crime.

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Spider Fighting is a popular sport in the Philippines.

Two spiders are pitted against each other by mounting them on a stick. As they fight it out, the first to fall twice from the perch is the loser.

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Transferring a 5MB hard drive in 1956.

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Skydiving without a parachute.

Banzai Skydiving is an actual sport in which a driver throws the parachute out of the plane first, then jumps after to grab it.

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The longest prison sentence ever was given to Chamoy Thipyaso, a Thai woman who defrauded 16,000 people in a pyramid scheme which netted her more than $200 million.

In 1989, a judge sentenced her to an astonishing 141,078 years for corporate fraud.

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Scientists have invented an injectable oxygen that lets you survive without breathing.

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Human testicles have taste buds that can detect sweet flavors, and they're essential for reproduction.

Scientists say that, despite being a long way from the mouth, taste receptors on the testicles and anus can also detect the savory taste of umami - the amino acid in soy sauce.

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A while back on Reddit, somebody asked a question "If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how hard do I have to slap a chicken to cook it?"⁠

Though it clearly is a funny question, it's also sort of the best question the Internet has ever heard. A physics major Parker Ormonde, did the exact math: caluclated & answered 23,034 slaps can cook a chicken.

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After childbirth, without consent from the patient, doctors sometimes do an extra stitch to tighten the vagina called "the husband stitch".

This procedure takes place after delivery to decrease the size of a woman's vaginal opening. It is an outdated procedure that has no approved medical use or benefit.

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