A fungus has been found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, but it is not known if the fungus is a cause or consequence of the disease.

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The sunlight reaches the Earth in 8 minutes, Jupiter in 40 minutes, and to reach the boundaries of the Solar System, it takes 7 hours.

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A human body has the same amount of hair as a chimpanzee's body. However, since our hair is mostly very thin and light, we don't appear as hairy.

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The first traffic light was installed on December 10, 1868, in London near the British Parliament building.

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The Amazon River has no bridges.

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During the time of Genghis Khan in Mongolia, anyone who dared to urinate in any body of water was executed. As water in the desert was valued more than gold.

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People with red hair are more sensitive to thermal pain, are less sensitive to electrically induced pain, and require larger amounts of anesthetics than people without red hair due to a mutation in their melanocortin.

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In Africa, water lilies can be so large that they can support the weight of children and even adults.

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Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System, with temperatures that can reach -224 ℃.

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Hymenoplasty is a surgical procedure which restores or repairs the hymen. It’s most often used by women living in cultures where it’s existence or nonexistence can be the difference between shaming, ostracism and in some cases death

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This is the last white giraffe.

A GPS tracker has been attached to it to constantly protect it from poachers.

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Other than humans, menstruation only occurs in females of certain species of apes, also in bats and the elephant shrew.

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Black widow webs are strong enough to trap even mice.

However, their main prey includes other spiders, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and various insects.

Their venom is 15 times stronger than that of a rattlesnake.

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Japan has "fishing restaurants" where you catch fish right in the restaurant and the chefs will cook it for you right away.

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There's a condition called Fregoli delusion, where individuals believe that different people they meet are actually the same person in disguise.

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A bull from the USA has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the possessor of the longest horns in the world. Their length exceeds three meters.

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Venezuela made it a crime to sell violent video games and toys in 2009, punishable by 5 years in jail.

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