Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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Cherophobia is a fear of fun.
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A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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