Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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The bananas we buy in stores and supermarkets are genetically identical clones, all descended from one banana. These bananas are seedless and sterile; natural bananas are short, fat, and have huge seeds.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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