In Spain, teenagers will now be able to receive €250 per month if they do not live with their parents. So the government decided to motivate young people to live independently.

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In 2001, Portugal decriminalized all narcotics including heroin and cocaine. Distribution is still prohibited, but individuals found in possession for personal use are directed to clinics. Since these actions, drug addiction has decreased by 50%, and Portugal now has some of the lowest drug use rates in all of Europe.

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Muammar Gaddafi died as the world's richest man, with an estimated net worth of $200 billion USD. At the time of his death, he was wealthier than Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Carlos Slim combined.

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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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"Misophonia" is a condition in which a person is easily annoyed or angered by specific sounds such as dripping water, chewing, snapping gum or repetitive noises, such as pencil tapping

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In a room of 23, there is a more than 50% chance that two persons have the same birthday. It's a phenomenon known as the "Birthday Paradox".

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There is a bell in Oxford University library that hasn't stopped ringing for 183 years. Researchers are afraid that opening the bell would ruin an experiment to see how long it will last.

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Pineapples are not just a single fruit, but a group of berries that have been fused together.

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Liquid oxygen is magnetic, and it can be moved around and even picked up with a powerful magnet.

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Scientists have found that petting dogs is good for your health. The stress level decreases, and the happiness hormone, on the contrary, goes up.

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In Norway, to change your last name to one that fewer than 200 people have, you must ask permission from everyone that has that name.

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Students from Stanford have created an overlay for glasses that recognizes the interlocutor's speech in real time and displays it in text directly on the lenses.
First of all, the gadget was made for hard of hearing and deaf people, but in theory it is possible to integrate a translator

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Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween. People with this specific phobia feel anxious when they think about or experience anything to do with Halloween. Many people with samhainophobia have gone through a past traumatic situation related to Halloween.

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Erotomania is a psychological disorder where the sufferer has delusions that another person is in love with him or her

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The first message on the internet was “lo” (as in, “lo and behold”) sent on October 29, 1969.

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The "Pinky Promise" originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger. One possible origin of this traditional promise is Japan, where it is known as 'yubikiri', meaning “finger cut-off”. Supposedly, people in Japan believed that if you break a pinky promise, you have to cut off your pinky finger in return

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