The less a person sleeps, the more his genes influence his weight. The more he sleeps, the less his weight is determined by his genes and the easier it is for him to control his own weight. In other words, if you want to lose weight, take more time to sleep.

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Human femur bones are stronger than concrete.

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The record number of attempts to pass her driver's license🚗 was made by a Korean resident, who got it with 950 attempts👍

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The coffee fruit looks like a cherry, but tastes like a peach and a watermelon at the same time. Coffee beans are the kernels of these berries.

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Antihelium

If you see two suns in the sky at once on opposite sides of the horizon, do not be alarmed: this is a rare phenomenon of antihelium, caused by the same refraction of light in the ice particles contained in the clouds. Last February, such a miracle of nature was observed by residents of Lipetsk, some took it for a meteorite.

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In the history of Iceland's police force, it has only killed one person.

That was in 2013, when a man armed with a shotgun opened fire from his window at passersby and cars. After entering the apartment, police officers were also fired upon and had to return fire. The police chief offered condolences to the victim's family and the officers involved were offered psychological help.

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A plane crash on January 26, 1972, after which a man managed to survive.

The record height from which a person managed to survive a fall is 10,160 meters. This record is listed in the Guinness Book and belongs to Vesna Vulovich, the only survivor of the plane crash of January 26, 1972.

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The lethal dose of tangerines is 500 at a time.

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If you salt the coffee, it will stop being bitter.

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The Library of Congress regularly receives requests for non-existent books.

The most common is "The President's Book of Secrets" from the 2007 film "Treasure of the Nation: A Book of Secrets."

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Siva is the most remote of the Egyptian oases, it is 18.3m below sea level on the old caravan route.

It is a small island of life in the heart of the Western Desert, separated from Cairo by a distance of 550 km of lifeless desert.

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