China used more cement in three years than the US used in the entire 20th century. The United States used 4.5 gigatonnes of cement between 1901 and 2000 and China 6.6 gigatonnes between 2011 and 2013, according to the UN press service.

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Surprisingly, the oil that is made from peanuts is used to make dynamite. All because the nut contains glycerin - which is one of the components of explosives

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During the victorian era, special cups were made to keep your moustache out of your tea.

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Forgotify is a music streaming service that only plays "undiscovered or unloved" songs that have been partially listened or not listened at all on Spotify.

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Starfish don't actually have a brain, or even blood. In fact, they use filtered sea water to pump nutrients through their nervous system instead.

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Bulletproof glass can be single-sided. This means you can fire back and hit your target while remaining safe. Your bullet will only leave a small hole without damaging the rest of the glass.

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People who are short are meaner

According to a new study conducted by scientists at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, people who are short tend to be meaner,angrier and more violent than people who are tall

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Cows don't have upper front teeth, instead they have dental padding, which helps them hold on to more grass while grazing

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A vertical forest is a collection of apartments in China where all the floors are covered with plants.
According to the plan, there should have been a small garden on each balcony of the complex.

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In 1912, as the Titanic sank, one female passenger refused to leave her dog and chose to stay on board. Miss Ann Elizabeth Isham was later found dead in the water with her arms frozen around her beloved Great Dane.

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China is cloning super Holstein cows capable of producing 18 tons of milk a year and over 100 tons of milk in a lifetime per cow to tackle China's reliance on overseas dairy cows. In comparison the normal hostein cows produce 11.5 tons of milk a year.

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A fish's ears are located inside its head, right behind each eye.

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Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

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The 100-year-old Brazilian got into the Guinness Book of Records, as he worked in the same company for the longest time in the world, which was 84 years.

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