Two teenagers from Woodlands Texas, created a device to filter toxic microplastics from water and won $50,000 for their innovation.

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Studies show that night owls outperform early risers in cognitive tasks.

Research on 26,000 people revealed that late sleepers scored higher in intelligence, reasoning and memory tests.

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A man underwent dialysis treatments every week for 38 years, likely one of the longest durations on record.

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If you shout or make a sound that is 1,100 dB, it will create a black hole destroying our galaxy.

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There is a plant called the Skeleton Flower whose petals turn transparent when wet and then revert back to white when dry.

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IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was so frugal that he reused teabags pocketed salt packets, and drove a 1993 Volvo, despite being worth $58.7 billion at the time of his passing.

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Women account for 85% of all consumer spending in the United States.

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In the 6th century a Swedish king, to demonstrate his low opinion of the Danes sent a small dog to Denmark and officially made it their king.

Appointing dogs to rule the conquered became a tradition in Scandinavia. They were given thrones and mansions and routinely signed paw-print decrees. 

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Service dogs are trained to recognize when they are on duty.

Wearing their harness signifies work mode; once removed, they often become more relaxed and playful.

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Sweden is so efficient at recycling that it imports waste from other countries, including Norway, to fuel its energy programs.

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Russian couple, separated after only three days of marriage when the husband joined the Red Army, were reunited in their hometown after 60 years apart.

Despite attempts to find each other over the years, it was only on a coincidental visit to their place of origin that they crossed paths again.

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Pigeons are one of the most intelligent birds on the planet. Pigeons can recognize all 26 letters of the English language and are also capable of conceptualizing.

Pigeons can differentiate between photographs and even differentiate between two different human beings in a photograph.

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In 1923, the Brazier family from Silverton, Oregon, lost their Scotch Collie/English Shepherd mix, Bobbie, during a trip to Indiana.

Six months later, Bobbie returned home, having traveled approximately 2,551 miles across plains, deserts, and mountains, earning him the nickname "Bobbie the Wonder Dog."

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Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.

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Mingi is a traditional practice in southern Ethiopia, where body abnormalities, even chipping or growing the upper tooth before the lower tooth gets a child discarded from the tribe to die in the wilderness.

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When someone significant to you abruptly leaves, your brain responds similarly to physical pain, activating regions like the anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula.

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The First chainsaw was invented to facilitate childbirth.

In 1780, two Scottish doctors invented the prototype of the chainsaw. Not to cut down trees or clear debris.

John Aitken and James Jeffray invented the hand-cranked chainsaw to cut through the pelvises of delivering mothers who were having trouble pushing their babies out.

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In 2015, a cow in DeKalb, Texas, gave birth to quadruplets, a rare event with odds of 1 in 11.2 million.

The four calves that defied the odds were named Eeny, Meeny, Miny, and Moo.

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