Random Interesting Facts

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    The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    Why Do Old Books Have a Distinct Smell?
    The reason why old books have such a distinct smell is because hundreds of organic compounds in the pages break down over time and release chemicals that smell like almond, vanilla, and grass.
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    Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.
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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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    Steve Jobs never wrote a single line of programming code.
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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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