The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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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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The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive...so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.
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According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.
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