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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![Giant Anteater](res/uploads/fact/3227/anteaters-front-legs-285.jpg)
Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
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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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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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In 2007, a Bosnian couple found out that they had been cheating on one another in online chatrooms... with each other.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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