On the day of South Korea's university entrance exams, the entire country goes quiet.

Shops close, construction stops, and planes are grounded - so that students can focus on their exams.

Students that are late can even get a police escort to make sure they make it in time.

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Reindeer, the smallest of modern cloven-hoofed animals.

Their weight reaches a maximum of 2 kg, and they sleep with their eyes open.

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A new report found that the free weights at the gym have 362 times more bacteria than a toilet seat.

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On average, a human hair with a thickness of 0.05 cm can withstand up to 100 grams of weight.

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🥭 India grows 45% of all the mangoes in the world.

However, exports account for only 1% of international trade - almost all the mangoes are consumed locally by the residents.

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The world's most expensive pistol, Big Bang, costs $4.5 million and is made from a meteorite.

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🦇 In the library of João in the University of Coimbra in Portugal, many bats live, hunting insects that damage books at night.

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SWIMMING is an exceptional way to work your entire body, especially the cardiovascular system. An hour of swimming burns as many calories as running with out all the impact and stress on your joints and bones.

It elevates heart rate while minimizing impact on the body. Additionally, it builds strength and endurance over periods of consistent training.

Swimming might even speed up your recovery from an injury or reduce some of your chronic pain.

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The colour which we see when we close our eyes is called eigengrau which is different from black.

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Early 1900's fireman suit for the fireman to get closer to the fire.

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The longest rain on earth lasted 247 days on one of the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai.

It began on August 27, 1993, and dropped its last drop only on April 30, 1994.

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Cats can get pregnant by multiple fathers simultaneously. This is how kittens from the same litter can look so different.

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😳 In winter, hedgehogs go into hibernation, during which their temperature drops from 34 to 2°C.

The animal's breathing rate decreases from 40 to 8 breaths per minute. And in the first days of spring, hedgehogs eat everything in sight.

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The cryptomarket looks “dead” right now - alts are at strong zones, news is negative, and most people are waiting for lower prices. Historically, this is when the best positions are built

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In 2007, a man named Timothy Ray Brown was cured of HIV with a bone marrow transplant from someone with HIV-resistant genes.

He was also known as the “Berlin patient," he was the first person ever cured of HIV.

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In Churchill, Canada, locals often keep their car doors unlocked so that anyone facing a polar bear can quickly escape to safety.

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💦 50% of bottled water in the world is actually just tap water that has been filtered.

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