Despite three time zones, China has the same time everywhere

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More Russians live in the U.S. than in any other country in the world except the post-Soviet states

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Only 80% of people will retrieve a phone that fell into the toilet

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How solar panels are cleaned. A job for true perfectionists!

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Trees consume 50% of the oxygen they themselves produce

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The tiny pocket on the jeans was designed to hold a pocket watch

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Geron's Fountain - practically a perpetual motion machine

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Lemon contains more sugar than strawberries

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Listening to 5 to 10 songs a day improves your memory

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Originally, the tie was invented to distinguish the rich from the poor

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Everest is the highest point on Earth (8,848m), but it does not compare to the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, which is about 10,994m deep

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In some US states and Canadian provinces, children can legally drive from the age of 14

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The elephant brain reacts to people the same way the human brain reacts to puppies - they think we're cute

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Guys only buy 30% of books, girls buy the rest

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China has created televisions that are very difficult for humans to damage

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The total weight of bacteria living in the human body is approximately 2 kg

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Saffron is one of the most expensive spices in the world

To harvest 1kg of the spice, you need to collect the stigmas of 200,000 flowers

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10-20 cherries have the same effect as 1 aspirin tablet

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Hitting your "balls" is 9000(del) units of pain. It's like giving birth to 160 babies or breaking 3,200 bones at once

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Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animal: because of the diseases they carry they kill more people than any other creature

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In China, used condoms are converted into rubber bands for hair

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