Chainsaws were derived from a tool originally intended to help deliver babies
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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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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Consumption of TNT turns urine amber or deep red, which people often mistake for blood.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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