The first traffic light was installed on December 10, 1868, in London near the British Parliament building.

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By the end of life, a person remembers an average of 150 trillion bits of information.

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In Africa, water lilies can be so large that they can support the weight of children and even adults.

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The decomposition of a body to a skeleton in ordinary soil can take about a year, while the decomposition of the skeleton itself can take from eight to twelve years.

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In ancient Greece and Rome doctors used spider webs as bandages for their patients.

Spider webs have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, which can help keep wounds clean and prevent infection. It's also said that spider webs are rich in vitamin K, which helps promote clotting

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This is how baby elephants drink water. They don't know how to use their trunks to drink until they are 9 months.

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Tom and Jerry were originally called Jasper and Jinks.

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The lunch catch scene in 'Spider-Man' wasn't CGI. Toby Maguire actually caught all the items. It took him 156 tries to do it correctly.

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Studies show that many serial killers had traumatic sexual experiences as children. Thirty-five percent had committed crimes of a sexual nature, and 43 percent admitted to having been sexually abused themselves.

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A dog may intentionally sneeze while playing with a person to express his happiness and joy.

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Stonehenge is a rebuild. It was originally erected in Wales 5,000 years ago, before its stones were dug up and dragged over 140 miles (225 km) to their current location on Salisbury Plain.

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The healthiest place on our planet is considered to be the Japanese island of Okinawa.

There are officially registered over 450 centenarians, each of whom is already over 100 years old.

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The world record for the number of marriages belongs to a priest named Glenn Wolfe. He was married 29 times and died on his 30th marriage

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Beavers form lifelong partnership and remain loyal to their partner forever.

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‘Blood Feuds’ are still active in Albania. If someone kills someone, the family then kills someone from their family and it goes back and forth. The only safe haven is your home. Some feuds are decades old, and some children hardly leave their home to stay safe.

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Ford once created a concept car made out of plant materials. Ford’s 1941 biological car was made of soybean, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie fibers in a soy-based phenolic resin. It weighed 1,000 pounds less than a steel car

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An Ant has 2 stomachs, one to store food for itself, the other to store food to share with other ants. 🐜

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🫖 Every year, electric kettles kill 500 people.

This happens due to improper use and violation of safety rules when working with electricity.

Therefore, it is very important to monitor the condition of your household appliances and not violate the rules of their operation.

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✅ The bumblebee bat, also known as the Kitti's hog-nosed bat, is the smallest mammal in the world, with a wingspan of only about 6 inches and a weight of less than a penny. It is native to Thailand and Myanmar and feeds on insects, as well as serving as a pollinator. The bumblebee bat is endangered due to habitat loss.

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🌡 The maximum temperature of the air a person can inhale is 116 degrees Celsius.

Above that, a person will die.

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Islands of Disappointment. Somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean there are the Islands of Disappointment, named so in 1765 by the British explorer John Byron, who discovered that the natives were hostile to it.

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