Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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