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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In New Zealand, fruit trees are intentionally planted in public spaces like sidewalks and parks so anyone can pick fresh food for free.

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Veronica Seider, a German born in 1951, reportedly had visual acuity around 20/2-about 20 times better than average- allowing her to identify people over a mile (1.6 km) away.

This earned her a Guinness World Record for smallest visible object.

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The only recorded case of a meteorite hitting a person.

In 1954, the Silakoga meteorite weighing almost 4 kg broke through the roof of a house in the village of Oak Grove, ricocheted off the radio and hit the sleeping Ann Hodges.

The woman was hospitalized with severe bruises to her arm and hip.

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The name "Argentina" comes from the Latin word "argentum," meaning silver. Early European settlers thought the land had lots of silver.

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After losing both arms in an accident, an 18-year-old girl from India received limbs from a male donor. To everyone's surprise, the donor hands, which were once big black and hairy, changed skin tone and became slender and more feminine over the years to better blend in with her body.

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🪴 Aloe can live without water for seven years while still producing new shoots.

Its thick, fleshy leaves are capable of storing a large amount of water, significantly increasing in size as they do so.

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The first TV remote, invented in 1950, was called the "Lazy Bones" and connected to the TV with a wire.

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Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from constipation (according to data from 11 studies).

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Llamas spit to protect themselves, keep their place, or show power. Males spit in fights over females. Females spit to stop males. They also spit when annoyed or mistreated. Llama spit has saliva and partly digested food. It can fly up to 10 meters (33 feet). 🦙💨

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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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The tax legislation of Norway classifies striptease as a form of art.

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The more sunlight a man receives, the higher his testosterone levels.

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The feeling of thirst occurs when the body loses 1% of its weight in water. A loss of more than 5% can lead to fainting, and more than 10% can lead to death from dehydration.

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