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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Football striker Didier Drogba is credited with brokering a cease-fire in his home country of Ivory Coast that brought a five year civil war to an end.

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There exists a planet between Mars and Jupiter known as Ceres. It's a dwarf planet, like Pluto, and may contain water and an atmosphere

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🚪 The door to the dining area of the Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal was made narrow

So that monks who had gained weight were forced to observe fasting.

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The throat of a blue whale, the largest animal on Earth, has a diameter of only 10-20 cm.

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In human gestation, we briefly develop fish-like and amphibian-like kidneys before the final third stage of kidneys forms (which are the ones we keep). This shows our evolutionary past in embryonic development.

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To encourage more men to assume a greater share of care-giving responsibilities, Norwegian law states that 14 weeks of parental leave is reserved for fathers. Norway is the first country to introduce compulsory paternity leave.

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If you shine a black light on a person with Vitiligo, (the de-pigmenting skin condition Michael Jackson had) their skin will glow yellow, green, or blue.

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Zebras and ostriches often live together to protect each other from predators. The ostrich can see much better than the zebra, while the zebra can hear or smell danger better than the ostrich.

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