Second-born children are more likely to be troublemakers.

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Bananas are curved because they grow against the pull of gravity. They begin growing downwards, but as they get larger, they grow upwards to catch more sun, resulting in a curved shape.

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Chorophobia: The fear of dancing.

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"Dessert stomach" is a real thing. The stomach expands upon contact with sugar, making room for dessert even when you are already feeling full.

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A person cannot tickle himself, because the brain ignores these actions.

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Eat cheese after a meal to protect your teeth— it counteracts the acid left behind by breads, sweets, citrus, and soda.

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The greatest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, according to the Guinness World Records.

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Your nipples are as unique as your fingerprints.

🤓 Nipples come in many colors, including pale pink, reddish-beige, brown, and black. Your own two nipples can even vary from each other, as can the areolae. "They also come in many different shapes," O'Connor says. "Some are flatter, while others can be quite bulbous. A person can have two nipples that look very different from each other. Asymmetry is normal."⁠

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A human liver can regenerate even after 50% of it has been removed.

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In China it is not allowed to give each other watches.

It is considered a harbinger of death.

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The tiny pocket in jeans was designed for pocket watches.

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You can get poisoned by eating too much cheese. It is called "Tyrotoxism."

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One minute of passionate kissing can burn between 5 and 26 calories.

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An ant will survive a fall from any height because it's terminal velocity can never be high enough to kill it.

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Mice are attracted to the smell of marijuana.

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The albatross is a large bird that can go years without landing. They spend their first six years of life flying over the ocean without ever touching the ground.

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The human eye has a resolution of about 576 megapixels. By comparison, a 4K screen has about 8.5 megapixels.

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Eating your food slowly helps you eat less (and lose weight). This is because it takes 20 minutes for your gut to suppress a hormone called ghrelin, and release anti-hunger hormones. So eating slowly gives your brain the time it needs to receive these signals.

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Afternoon naps can help rest our brains and clear out our jumble of daily thoughts. The best nap is 10 to 30 minutes taken between 1 and 3 p.m.

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Dolphin can hear and play sounds up to 150 kHz

Which is a range of 150,000 hertz. This means that there are some sounds made by dolphins that people can't even hear. Dolphins use different sounds for echolocation all the time.

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The benefits of tomatoes

Special mention should be made of the choline contained in tomatoes - it helps reduce blood cholesterol levels, promotes the formation of hemoglobin and strengthens the immune system.

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