🌎 Istanbul is the only city in the world whose territory is located on two distinct continents: Europe and Asia.

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Scientists have grown the world's first meat steak in the laboratory

Swiss startup Mirai Foods has created meat from muscle cells. It looks and smells exactly like real pork and is made up of different types of cells that, when combined properly, create the structure of the meat. Its creation process takes five days.

The creators of the startup believe that not a single animal should die for the sake of a real steak.

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Baby ducks often swim behind their mother in a straight line because it helps them conserve energy and stay safe.
As the mother moves through the water, she creates small waves that reduce water resistance, allowing each duckling to use less effort while following.
This formation also keeps the family together, making it easier for the mother to protect her young from predators and preventing ducklings from becoming separated.

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What is a cramp?

A muscle cramp is a sudden, unexpected tightening of one or more muscles. Sometimes called a charley horse, a muscle cramp can be very painful.

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The strength of your hand may tell you something about the strength of your heart. Research suggests the ability to squeeze something well may be associated with a lower risk of heart disease.

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Penguin shifter is the rarest profession in the world.

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🤯 Today, people take more photos every two minutes than were captured during the 19th century .

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This is the Bonsai tree that was planted in 1625, survived the devastation of the Hiroshima bombing 79 years ago and is still growing today.

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Octopuses lay 50,000 eggs at a time.

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😳 The main religion in Antarctica is Christianity, with a total of eight churches .

In fact, some of these buildings are protected as historical monuments.

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There are brain-eating amoebas.

- They inhabit fresh water and can enter the body through the nose, then proceed to consume brain tissue.

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Eating dates in the last 4 weeks before labour helps with birth.

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The Philippine eagle is considered the largest of the extant eagles in the world in terms of length and wing surface.

Being a critically endangered species, killing a Philippine eagle is punishable under Philippine law up to 12 years in prison.

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This couple planted over 2,700,000 trees to regrow a forest in 18 years.

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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The Lacoste embroidery is considered the world's first corporate logo.

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Sir Christopher Lee met Rasputin's assassins, was a RAF intelligence officer in WWII, spoke 9 languages, was Ian Fleming's cousin, and was the only actor in “The Lord of the Rings” to have met J.R.R. Tolkien. He was also married to the same woman for over 50 years.

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Hōshi (法師) is a ryokan (or traditional inn) founded in 718 CE in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

It has been owned and managed by the Hōshi family for 46 generations and is thought to be the oldest operating hotel in the world, managed by the same family.

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Ailurophobia is the extreme fear of cats.

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Chen Si walks the same bridge every day, sometimes 8 hours a day on weekends.

Not for exercise or leisure, but to be there when someone has lost hope. Over the past 20 years, he has saved more than 500 lives.

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