Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.
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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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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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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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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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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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