The eyelashes are the darkest hair on our body.

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Okunoshima is a small island in Japan where thousands of rabbits live.

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There is a fish that when eaten causes severe hallucinations lasting up to 36 hours. It was a party drug during the Roman Empire.

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In India, it's illegal to capture dolphins for entertainment purposes as they're highly intelligent and considered 'non-human persons' whose rights to life and liberty must be respected.

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Egg yolk ingestion prevents vision problems.

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We can't remember much about our first few years because the hippocampus wasn't developed enough to create lasting memories of events.

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The expression in chess "Checkmate" in translation from Persian means "the king is dead".

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Constantly watching or listening to the news can lead to stress, anxiety, depression and disrupted sleep.

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The dolphin communication system is so developed that each dolphin has its own name, to which it responds when its relatives address it.

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It is impossible to sneeze in your sleep.

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Originally, all people's eyes were brown.

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The screen size of a TV is measured diagonally from one corner of the panel to the opposite corner, not straight across.

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You can tell if a diamond is real or fake by breathing on it. Fake diamonds fog up if you breathe on them. A real diamond won't fog up easily since the condensation doesn't stick to the surface.

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Pounds is abbreviated as "LBs" because it's derived from the Latin words "LiBra Pondo"

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Your brain replays some of your memories while you sleep to consolidate them and store them long-term.

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Tokophobia: the fear of getting pregnant.

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The skin on men's faces ages more slowly than on women's faces.

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Men's eyes have sharper vision for small objects than women's.

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Animals get depressed, too.

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Lighters were invented before matches.

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Carrots were originally purple in color. The first orange-colored carrot was grown in the 17th century by Dutch farmers in honor of King William.

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