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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A 22 year old Chinese man needed a new nose. Instead of a transplant, a surgeon built a new nose on his forehead.
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There is a family with a genetic condition that makes their skin blue, who have been isolated in rural Kentucky for generations.
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It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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You can't tickle yourself.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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