In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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2% of Europeans lack the genes for smelly armpits.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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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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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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