Random Interesting Facts

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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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    According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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    Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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    Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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    Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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    Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams.
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