Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single.
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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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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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