An outraged Indian King once purchased 10 Rolls Royce cars, and used them as garbage collectors, after he was insulted by a Rolls Royce salesman in Mayfair, London who said he could not afford the luxurious vehicle.

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Cockroaches govern themselves in a very simple democracy where each insect has equal standing, and group consultations precede decisions that affect the entire group, indicates a new study.

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These specially trained people, that tell stars where to stop on the Red Carpet.

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Death from laughter is a supposedly extremely rare form of death, usually resulting from either cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, that has itself been caused by a fit of laughter.

In an actual case of dying of laughter, 56-year-old Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen laughed himself to death watching a film called, A Fish Called Wanda.

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Forgotify is a music streaming service that only plays "undiscovered or unloved" songs that have been partially listened or not listened at all on Spotify.

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By 2010, Colombian authorities had seized almost 1700 parrots that had been trained as police lookouts for drug traffickers.

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Seahorses are the only species where the male gets pregnant and gives birth.

When mating the female deposits her eggs into the male's brood pouch, and the male fertilizes them internally. He carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases baby seahorses into the water.

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Standing for just 3-4 hours a day, five days a week, is the physical equivalent of running ten marathons a year.

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Wishing a joyous Eid Al-Fitr to all the Muslims celebrating around the world!

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A Modern Formula 1 car costs over $20 Million to build, with almost 90% of the cost being the engine.

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Human egg fertilization isn’t determined by the fastest sperm, but rather the egg sending chemicals to attract particular sperm it chooses.

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The average meat eater consumes 7,000 animals in their lifetime. It breaks down to 11 cows, 27 pigs, 2,400 chickens, 80 turkeys, 30 sheep and 4,500 fish.

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Cats can get pregnant by multiple fathers simultaneously. This is how kittens from the same litter can look so different.

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Ostrich farms routinely have difficulties getting male ostriches to breed, because they often find their human caretakers more attractive than female ostriches.

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