If you put two straws in your mouth, one inside a drink and one outside it, you won't be able to drink through either straw.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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Lobsters have blue blood.
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