In the 16th and 17th centuries in the country of Turkey, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.

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Girls spend about five years on makeup.

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In 2013, an Oregon women lit a wildfire to give her bored firefighter friends some work. It spread to about 80 square miles, cost almost $8 million to fight, and took two months to get under control.

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Meanwhile, there is a marriage market in Shanghai, where instead of products on the shelves there are advertisements for looking for a wife or husband.

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Astronauts in space lose on average 1% of their bone mass a month. Most of which is excreted in their urine. They literally pee their skeleton out.

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A pregnant woman needs 75,000 extra calories to create a baby.

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After age 30, you decrease in height by about 2.5 centimeters, every 10 years.

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In Canada, they give a free bus ticket along with a bottle of whiskey to keep people from driving drunk.

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Ambisinister: A person who is equally clumsy with both hands.

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Your logic works better if you think in a different language.

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Urea (a substance found in urine) is added to cigarettes for extra flavor.

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Jackie Chan has adopted ten children.

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Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single or being "forever alone."

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Scientists say milk from a specific type of cockroach is three times more nutritious than cow's milk.

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Research showed that men get bored after just 26 minutes of shopping with wife or girlfriend.

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There is a mental disorder called "Witzelsucht" which causes the sufferer to compulsively make inappropriate puns or jokes.

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Morosoph (noun): An educated fool.

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The shell of turtles has many nerve endings and is sensitive to pain.

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The wipers for the car were invented by a woman.

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Spanish national anthem has no words.

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In ancient Greece, the age of women was counted from the time of marriage.

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