The word 'Nicotine' is derived from Frenchman Jean Nicot who introduced tobacco to France in 1560. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, which in turn is named after Jean Nicot de Villemain, who sent tobacco and seeds to Paris in 1560, presented it to the French King, and who promoted their medicinal use. Smoking was believed to protect against illness, particularly the plague.

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100 million people attend India's Kumbh Mela Festival, the world's biggest gathering of humans.

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Violin bows are commonly made from horse hair.

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An octopus will eat its own arms if it gets really hungry. The practice is called autophagy.

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Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly.

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For people with the hDEC2 gene mutation, it is enough to sleep 4 hours a day for normal life.

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If your laptop feels hot, don't put it on your lap if you're a man, it may cause infertility. Research shows there's a possible link between male infertility and laptop use. Studies have found the heat from a laptop can raise the temperature of the testicles when propped on man's lap, which can affect the production of sperm.

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According to Guinness World Book Of Records, Anthony Victor from India has the longest ear hair ever. It measured 18.1 centimetres (7.12 inches) at its longest point. The record was set in 2007 and remains to this day.

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Newborn babies can only see in black and white for a few months. Just after birth, a baby sees only in black and white, with shades of gray. As the months go by, they will slowly start to develop their color vision at around 4 months.

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This olive tree survived the writing of the Iliad, the golden age of Athens, the rise of the Roman Empire and the birth of Christ, and then lived 2,000 years after that. It is believed to be around 2900 years old. Crete, Greece.

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If you salt a pineapple, it will become sweeter🍍

This is due to the fact that salt enters a chemical reaction with malic and citric acid in the composition, as a result, it neutralizes it, so the pineapple only becomes sweeter.

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If you eat a polar bear liver, you'll die. Humans can't handle that much vitamin A. The recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamin A in humans is 0.9mg, and you can get that from eating just one-tenth of a gram of the liver from a well-fed polar bear. The entire liver contains enough vitamin A to kill as many as 52 adults.

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The human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle’s flame could be seen from 30 miles away.

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Eiffel Tower Grows in the summer by 15 centimeters.
It is built with temperature expansion joints so that the steel can expand and contract without any damage.

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