🐳 Blue whales can eat up to 500 kg of krill in one gulp, which is half a million calories. An adult whale can consume up to 40 million calories per day.

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One of the largest earthquakes on record struck the southern coast of Chile, killing about 5,700 people and creating seismic sea waves that caused death and destruction in distant Pacific coastal areas, notably Japan and Hawaii.

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💥 After shooting the "PEPSI" commercial, Michael Jackson received a $1.5 million compensation for second-degree facial burns due to a fireworks explosion.

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Colombia has the most bird species in the world, with over 1,900 species. 🦜🦅🌳

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Cataplexy is a rare sleep disorder that causes sufferers to fall asleep whenever they laugh

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Ants don't have lungs. They breathe through tiny holes along the sides of their bodies called spiracles. These connect to a network of tubes (tracheae) that deliver oxygen directly to their tissues.

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Some wineries age their wine underwater, usually in the sea.

It's called "underwater wine."

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Kuwait has no permanent rivers or lakes, and the country relies on water desalination as a primary source of fresh water for domestic purposes and drinking. Currently, Kuwait has over six desalination plants in operation, and it was the world’s first country to use desalination for supplying water for large-scale domestic use.

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71 species of birds have gone extinct in Hawaii since humans arrived on the islands.

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Aphantasia a condition where people are unable to form mental images in their head. People with aphantasia are also less likely to have an inner monologue.

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Pica is the desire of a person to eat inedible things.

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The name Italy comes from the Oscan(an extinct southern Italy language) word víteliú, meaning “calf land,” perhaps because the bull was a symbol of the Southern Italian tribes.

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The word “bible” is from the Greek ta biblia, which means “the scrolls” or “the books.” The word is derived from the ancient city of Byblos, which was the official supplier of paper products to the ancient world.

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The fastest recorded heartbeat in a human was 600 beats per minute.

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