The world's largest mountain range is under the sea.

Mount Everest or Kilimanjaro are likely the massive mountains you know by name. But if you're looking for the longest mountain range on Earth, you'd need to check out the mid-ocean ridge, which the National Ocean Service reports stretches for 40,389 miles, with 90 percent of it under the sea.

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Strong and sweet (with sugar) tea with milk is an antidote for alcohol poisoning, narcotic/medicinal drugs.

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🦋 Butterflies do not have mouths — they obtain nutrients from nectar through their proboscis.

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🥄 Just one tablespoon of oil provides 120 calories, the same amount as 370 grams (13 ounces) of strawberries!

🍓 If you're trying to lose some weight, be careful with oil!

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😽 The ability of cats to see well at night is related to the tapetum (tapetum lucidum) — a layer in the eye that reflects visible light back through the retina.

By the way, this is also why a cat's eyes glow in the dark.

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Japanese scientists have created a new plastic that remains stable during normal use, but dissolves completely in ocean water overnight, leaving no microplastics.

The material, developed at RIKEN, breaks down into safe, biodegradable compounds, offering a sustainable solution to plastic pollution.

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Cooling pasta for 24 hours converts some starches into resistant starch, reducing blood glucose spikes and acting as a prebiotic.

Reheating enhances this effect, potentially lowering blood sugar increases by 50%.

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The world’s oldest surviving bank is “Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena,” which was founded in 1472 and is currently Italy’s 3rd largest bank.

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**Bone weight is only 15% of total body weight.

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🧠 Experts from the University of Virginia have found that the human brain begins to age at the age of 27.

Interestingly, the peak of this organ's capabilities occurs at 22 years old.

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Android was originally created as an operating system for digital cameras.

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A bite from a common tick can cause a permanent anaphylactic meat and milk allergy in people.

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Potato poisoning can cause paralysis, coma, and hallucinations for days. If left untreated, also death.

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Albatrosses can sleep during flight. While one part of the brain sleeps, the other part remains active and helps the bird not to fall and crash into an obstacle.

Dolphins have the same ability to swim in their sleep.

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🐫 Camels store up to 30 kg of nutrient-rich fat in their humps.

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There is more genetic variety within Africa than the rest of the world combined. In other words, Western Europeans and East Asians are potentially more genetically similar to each other than two Africans from the same village (assuming no family lineage).

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Because of its constant smile, the quokka is known to be the happiest animal.

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The longest straight railway is in Australia. For 478 km there is not a single turn

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During WWII, the Japanese Bombed China with fleas and other insects with the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) creating massive epidemic outbreaks.

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