"Halloween" comes from the Lowland Scots contraction of "All Hallows' Even" (even = eve), itself equivalent to Old English "All Hallows' Eve" — literally "Saints' evening," with Christian origins.


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To grow nails from scratch, a person will need 5 months.

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Almonds are not nuts 🌰

Many people think that the fruit of almonds is a nut, in fact, it is not. Almonds are a plant of the plum family. This means that an almond "nut" is the kernel of a stone fruit, much like a plum or apricot.

Only in almonds, all the flavor has "gone" from the pulp to the kernel of the stone.

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France has the most castles in the world

There are 4,969 of them.

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The habit of talking to yourself develops intelligence.

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Bananas are the simplest and most effective remedy for heartburn.

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Earth is the only place in the Solar System where fire can burn.

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A unusual kind of cactus, the creeping devil can both clone itself to survive and separate from its main stalk to gradually migrate across the desert.

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This is the Cashew of Pirangi", a single tree and the biggest cashew tree in the world located in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It is estimated to be more than 1000 years old and covers an area of around 2 acres.

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Grizzly bear's jaws are so strong that it can bite through a bowling ball.

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😱 A book called 'A la recherche du temps perdu' by Marcel Proust contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters, making it the longest book in the world. The title translates to "Remembrance of Things Past".

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Tihar is a festival that is celebrated in Nepal for an entire day thanking dogs for their friendship and loyalty.

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💦🔥 Water extinguishes the fire through the formation of water vapor. The vapor envelopes the flame source and prevents the supply of oxygen. Heated water will turn to steam sooner, so it is better to put out the fire with boiling water.

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Originally, whiskey is clear like vodka - barrels give it a brown effect.

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🍼 Breast milk is the only product available to man that contains all the substances necessary for life.

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There are sign language equivalents of tongue twisters. They’re called “finger fumblers”. These are signs that are physically challenging to articulate quickly and repeatedly in sign language, similar to how spoken tongue twisters are difficult to pronounce clearly at speed.

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South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine is the deepest mine in the world. It reaches a depth of 2.5 miles below ground Level, and it takes over an hour to reach the bottom of the mine from the surface. Illegal miners sneak into the mine and hide there for months at a time. Deprived of sunlight, their skin turns gray, and they are called "ghosts."

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Sea turtles lay up to 100 eggs at a time, counted in long-term observations.

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One pufferfish contains enough poison to kill 30 people and there is no antidote.

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😴 To wake up quickly in the morning, squeeze your eyes shut with all your might for about 20 seconds, and then open them. After that, you won't want to sleep anymore.

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This is the "tarantula hawk," a hunter of tarantulas and the largest wasp in the world.

Its sting is one of the most painful, with the pain lasting for about 5 minutes.

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