Putting sugar on a wound or cut will greatly reduce pain and speed up the healing process.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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The world's first Buddhist ruler, Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India from 274-232 BCE, was the first ruler in human history to ban slavery, the death penalty, animal cruelty, and deforestation. He even advocated gender equality in education and religious institutions.
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You can reschedule your sleeping pattern by not eating 12-16 hours before you want to be awake. Upon eating after this time period, your internal clock will reset to a new day, with the time of your first meal being interpreted as "morning".
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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