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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Venezuela was the first country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, doing so by Constitution in 1863

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Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde creates homemade clouds indoors, achieving the perfect balance between temperature, humidity and light. You can only observe the cloud for a few seconds, so those who managed to see it with their own eyes are truly lucky!

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The tallest man in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is Robert Pershing Wadlow. His height was 272 centimeters.

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The feeling of falling while you're asleep happens because your muscles become very relaxed and enter into temporary paralysis. The brain misinterprets this as falling and sends signals to your muscles to jerk upright which leads you to startle awake.

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Atychiphobia,

This is an intense fear of failure. It may cause you to put off or avoid any activity or scenario that has the potential for an unsuccessful outcome.
Someone with this condition may be scared to try new things, take risks or embrace growth for fear of failure

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French artist Saype paints huge paintings right on the grass. To create his works, the creator uses chalk and charcoal, as this does not harm nature

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