The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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There are actually seven different types of twins: Identical, Fraternal, Mirror-Image, Polar Body (Half Identical), Mixed Chromosome, Superfecundation, and Superfetation.
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Blonde hair is not exclusive to Europeans. Melanesians of the south Pacific evolved a different gene for blonde hair.
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Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
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Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.
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The name "Wendy" was made up for the book Peter Pan!
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