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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Owls’ ears are placed asymmetrically – at different heights on the sides of their faces – so the sounds reach each ear at different times. This is essential to identifying the exact direction of their prey.

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👩 A person's hair has the ability to grow faster at night.

However, approximately more than 100 hairs are lost per day.

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Kepel is an exotic fruit that has the most pleasant aroma of violets. This fruit has been used as a contraceptive since ancient times, because its consumption leads to the inability to get pregnant for a short period of time.

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🏔 In Switzerland, there is a hotel located at the highest point in Europe — at the summit of the Matterhorn.

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There is a rare incurable genetic disorder called Sanfilippo Syndrome that is known as “Alzheimer's in children”. It causes them to lose all the skills they’ve gained, suffer seizures and movement disorders, experience pain and suffering, and then die, often before the second decade of life.

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😳 A person blinks approximately 25,000 times a week .

This makes the eyelids the fastest muscle in the body.

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Scars do not sweat, so dirt does not adhere to them.

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🐊 The Nile crocodile can hold its breath underwater for up to two hours. It does this while waiting for prey.

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