The height of sandstorms usually varies from a couple of meters to a kilometer, but there are recorded cases of observing storms over a kilometer and a half high.

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There's a whole island of cats in Japan

About 500 cats live on Tashiro Island, but there are only 100 people there. The island was originally designed to breed silkworm caterpillars, so cats were brought here to exterminate rodents.

In 2011, the island was hit by a horrible tsunami and most likely people would have left the island if it weren't for the cats. They saved the island from extinction and brought it worldwide fame.

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Pistachios are high in magnesium, vitamin B6, and protein.

These micronutrients are responsible for fast falling asleep and are an ideal substitute for sleeping pills. Regular use of nuts normalizes the psycho-emotional state of a person, eliminates chronic fatigue syndrome and exposure to stressful situations.

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Together with the Sun, our planet has made about 18-20 revolutions around the center of the galaxy.

The period of revolution around the center of the galaxy is about 225-250 million years.

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A monument that weighs 600 tons and is not attached to the pedestal in any way

Alexander Column on Palace Square in St. Petersburg weighs 600 tons and is standing on the pedestal only by its own gravity. Despite the authority of the architect Auguste Montferrand, many citizens were still afraid that it would fall. Perhaps to instill confidence in them, Montferrand himself walked his dog around the column every day.

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Bees sometimes take a break for an afternoon nap and rest

Holding onto each other's legs so they don't fall out of the flower

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Instant coffee is not invigorating

In instant coffee contains theobromine, which, on the contrary, causes a craving for sleep, it begins to work 30 minutes after taking it.

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Niagara Falls is not the highest in the world, but it moves the fastest!

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While people were quarantined, a group of 14 elephants broke into a village in Yunnan Province in search of corn and other food.

They ended up drinking 30 liters of corn wine and got so drunk that they fell asleep in a nearby tea garden.

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Scorpions can go without food for over a year.

In addition, a scorpion can be frozen for several weeks and then thawed out and it remains alive and well.

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Another eruption of the Fuego volcano

Volcano Fuego is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala, southeast of Antigua. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Central America and erupts almost constantly, but at low levels.

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Albino Kangaroo

As we know, the light color makes animals very vulnerable to skin cancer. In addition, they often suffer from poor hearing and low vision.

Albinism is a gene failure and cannot be cured or outlasted. It is a defect that permanently deprives an animal of its natural coloring. On the surface, animals look very unusual, but they are doomed to permanent health problems.

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When seals are satisfied, they take the shape of a banana.

It means that they are happy, full and feel safe. And of course you can see it in their "smiling" face.

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This man is a troll of the highest caliber.

Living near the airport and seeing that flying planes disturbed his sleep, he painted a huge sign on the roof of his house that reads, "Welcome to Cleveland. And all would be well, but he lives in Milwaukee. Passengers of planes coming in for a landing made hysterics when they saw the innoscription and decided that they had come to the wrong place, so the pilots began to fly around his house, and the elderly troll was able to sleep normally.

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You are completely blind for about 40 minutes a day.

This happens when you move your eye from one object to another, your brain purposefully blocks your vision so as not to show a blurred image. This is why you cannot see your own eye movements when you look in the mirror. Scientifically, this definition sounds like Saccadic Masking. Without it, your life would be like constantly watching a movie on a shaky camera.

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Mushrooms grow quickly, hence the expression "spring up like mushrooms".

In many species, they reach an average size in 3-6 days and can grow up to 8-12 days or more. The fastest growth of fruiting bodies is noted in the first days.

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The standard Windows XP desktop background was a picture taken in California called Serenity.

Its appearance was made possible by the phylloxera pest that affects vineyards. They were removed from these hills for several years just because of the infestation.

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Mount Olympus on Mars is the highest known mountain in our solar system.

Its height is about 21 km, but by comparison the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, is 8.8 km high.

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Apple has access to the largest number of bank cards in the world

There are currently more than 800 million accounts on iTunes, and of those, apple has access to approximately 650 million cards.

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