Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Contrary to popular belief, plastic cutting boards are more likely to harbor bacteria than wood ones. New plastic boards are easier to clean, but ones with cuts are nearly impossible to completely disinfect, whereas wood ones absorb and kill bacteria, regardless of age or use.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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