A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days. This is enabled by their modified lungs, which are known as book lungs.

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Musicomania is a condition where a person's passion for music (or a song) becomes so strong, it prevents them from functioning properly.

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Between the 15th and 18th centuries in parts of Europe including the UK, it was common to place the body of a dead cat into the walls of a new house for luck.

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The World record for the longest time handcuffed to another human is 123 days.

It was achieved by a couple who kept breaking up, and then getting back together and wanted to save their relationship. After the handcuffing, they swore never to get back together again.

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.

Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

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In 1980, Marvel released the address where Peter Parker lived in the comics. There was an embarrassment, since the address existed in reality, and the owner of this house was a family with the surname Parker.

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A Chinese man Zheng Jiajia married a robot created by his own, whereas in Japan, Hiroshi Ishiguro makes customized robots for bachelors.

Nowadays, people are treating artifical intelligence robots as their girlfriends and some are falling in love and marrying with them. This is known as Digi Sexual.

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In 2019 a Danish politician paid for ads on Pornhub. When questioned he said "Half the internet is porn and you need to be where the voters are."

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Back in the 1920s, a doctor known as Dr. Serge Voronoff believed that transplanting monkey testicles into a human would solve impotence.

His procedure became so popular that he had to open a monkey farm to keep up with demand.

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Can People really cry tears of blood?

Haemolacria, crying bloody tears is a rare condition  that causes a person to cry tears partially made of blood.

It is caused by emotional stress or hormonal change, head injury, Tumor, Blood clot, infection or damage on the tear duct.

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Jaguars can imitate the voices of monkeys in order to lure their congeners.

In particular, researchers observed a jaguar imitating the cries of a baby monkey. The adult monkeys rushed to the rescue, but fortunately they noticed the predator in time and fled.

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A Rural Japanese town under siege by monkeys is defended by three elderly women, armed with airguns who call themselves the "Monkey Busters".

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Chickens use their right eye to look for food, and their left eye to look out for predators.

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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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The common story that reading in dim light is harmful to your eyes, is actually incorrect. Good lighting does make reading easier but reducing lighting won't damage your eyesight.

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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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