China's high-speed bullet trains are so smooth that even at 348 km/h, a coin can remain upright on a windowsill without tipping over.

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A Ukrainian aviation engineer has developed an airplane with a detachable cabin.

In an emergency, the cabin can separate from the aircraft, deploy parachutes, and use inflatable cushions to ensure a safe landing on water or land.

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The Tartaria conspiracy theory claims that pre-modern architecture such as the Egyptian pyramids, The Axum obelisk & lalibela churches in Ethiopia and Great Wall of China was constructed by a lost empire more technologically advanced than present civilization.

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Researchers in Serbia created "Liquid Trees," tanks containing microalgae that absorb CO2, offering an alternative to planting trees in dense urban areas.

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Baby Lynlee was "born twice."

First, surgeons brought her out of the womb to remove a spinal tumor. After the successful surgery, she was placed back in the womb and later born again as a healthy baby girl.

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Male orb-weaver spiders have detachable genitals.

When they finish mating, they leave it in the female and run, so she doesn't eat them. The detachable penis keeps pumping even after their owner has moved on.

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The only recorded case of a meteorite hitting a person.

In 1954, the Silakoga meteorite weighing almost 4 kg broke through the roof of a house in the village of Oak Grove, ricocheted off the radio and hit the sleeping Ann Hodges.

The woman was hospitalized with severe bruises to her arm and hip.

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It takes a chicken 24 to 26 hours to produce an egg.

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New York City has enough restaurants for one person to eat at a new spot everynight for 22.7 years without repeating a visit.

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There exist contact lenses that are worn overnight to reshape the cornea, providing clear vision during the day without the need for glasses or contacts.

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Fast food bread contains a chemical substance called azocarbondiamide. It makes the mixture more elastic.

It's funny, but the same substance is used in the production of yoga mats.

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If you see two suns in the sky at once on opposite sides of the horizon, this is the rare phenomenon of antihelium.

It is caused by the same refraction of light in the ice particles contained in the clouds.

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The Fear of eating with other people or in public is known as “Deipnophobia”.

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In the early 1900s, "Sober Sue" drew audiences for never smiling, with a theater offering $1000 to anyone who could make her laugh.

Famous comedians tried and failed, delighting the crowd with free shows. It was later discovered that Sue had facial paralysis.

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Public toilets in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Would you use?

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Last year a laboratory in Tokyo, developed a pair of chopsticks that makes your food taste saltier, by giving you mild electric shocks.

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A pregnant guinea pig may change her mind about becoming a mother, then the cubs are absorbed inside or preserved for several years.

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Excessive love for cats can cause mental illness leading to suicide.

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Keeping your cell phone in your front pants pocket meaningfully reduces your testosterone and your sperm quality.

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Being a bad driver is partially a genetic trait.

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