Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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A Korean man called Lee Jin-gyu fell in love with his large, huggable pillow and married it.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The 'Bicycle Tree', found near Brig o' Turk in Scotland, has consumed an entire bike that now hangs out of its bark.
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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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The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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