In 2018, a man held in a sneeze and ruptured his pharynx, as reported in the British Medical Journal. A reminder not to stifle your sneezes!

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Humans are the best on the planet when it comes to long distance running. We can outrun every other animal and run in conditions no other animals can run in.

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Red Bull was actually created in Thailand in 1976 as an energy drink for truck drivers.

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Prader-Willi syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes a constant feeling of starvation. Left unchecked, sufferers of Prader-Willi Syndrome can eat until their stomachs rupture.

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🐢 The bodies and internal organs of turtles do not age, so turtles do not die of old age.

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The first known pizza delivery was delivered by the most famous pizza chef in Italy to the king and queen in 1889.

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The female brain gathers information 5 times faster than the male brain.

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Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.

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Scientists have dosed naked mole rats with carcinogens and radiations, yet they have never been observed to develop cancer. They tolerate acid, live 6 times longer than other rodents, they hardly age, and they survive long periods of oxygen deprivation and can live in heavy metal polluted areas.

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👃👂 The nose and ears never stop growing, albeit slowly, which is why they appear so large in old age.

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A hungry frog surrounded by dead flies, but no flying flies can starve to death since frogs don't recognize immobile flies as food.

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Vampire bats will die if they can’t find blood for two nights in a row. Luckily, generous well-fed bats will often regurgitate blood to share with others, in exchange for grooming. This has been noted by many naturalists as an example of reciprocal altruism in nature.

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Euro Introduced in Europe 💶

On the 1st Of January 2002 the euro, the monetary unit of the European Union was introduced with the issuance of both currency and coins, and by March 2002 it was the sole legal tender of participating member states.

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Many Chinese people never brush their teeth. Instead of toothpaste, about 40% of the Chinese population use green tea to rinse their mouths.

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19-year-old Mahmood Akram from India broke a world record. He is fluent in 46 languages and can read, write, and type in 400 languages.

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🍉 Watermelons can come in three colors

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Deaf kids in Nicaragua created a completely new sign language out of scratch when placed in deaf schools, after rejecting the sign language the teachers attempted to teach. It is now the official sign language of Nicaragua.

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Transparent coffee was invented in Slovakia.

Brothers Adam and David Nagy decided that the perfect coffee should not stain teeth or clothing, so they came up with this drink, the recipe of which is kept secret.

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The smell of rotting potatoes can kill you.

Rotten potatoes can be dangerous because they emit a deadly solanine gas that makes the person unconscious, and even kills him if you inhale this gas. If you eat rotten potatoes, the toxin can cause headache, vomiting, diarrhoea, paralysis, coma and sometimes death.

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