The term “nutritionist” is not legally protected nor regulated, so anyone can advertise themselves as a nutritionist regardless of education or credentials. Whereas the title of “dietitian” or specifically “registered dietitian” legally requires education via credited curriculum and passing a registration exam.

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Gut versus head

The connection between the gut and the brain occurs via the vagus nerve, but paradoxically, 90% of signals travel from bottom to top.

The gut does not just follow the brain's orders; it actively dictates mood and behavior.

We often underestimate how our "second brain's" biochemistry shifts our decisions. 📉⚡

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The fastest goal in the history of football was scored in 3.67 seconds.

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🗼 The Eiffel Tower was originally made for Barcelona.

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Possum eats dozens of poisonous snakes, thousands of ticks during the season and rarely gets rabies because his blood is too cold.

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A Japanese passport provides visa-free access to 191 one out of 195 countries.

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The crime rate in Dubai is almost zero percent.

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Empty nose syndrome (ENS), a disorder that sometimes occurs after corrective surgery for a deviated septum that makes its sufferers feel like they are constantly drowning and can often drive them to suicide.

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Was Coca-Cola originally green in color?

No, Coca-Cola was never green; the liquid has always been dark brown because of the caramel coloring included in the recipe since its invention in 1886

Coca-Cola did have a green label on a product called Coca-Cola Life, which was introduced in 2013 and 2014 in select countries.

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Australia is the fastest-moving continent on Earth, drifting north by about 7 centimeters (2.7 inches) every year. This motion is driven by plate tectonics, shifts the landmass slightly clockwise, and forces regular updates to national mapping systems.

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There are more than 24 time zones around the world.

If the Earth's time zones were each one hour apart, then we would have 24 times zones, which sounds pretty straightforward. However, the situation is a little more complicated than that. Since many time zones only differ by 30 or 45 minutes, they don't fit into a neat and tidy 24-hour span, which means that there are more than 24, though it's hard to say exactly how many.

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80% of people prefer to lie down for about 10 minutes after waking up in bed.

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The Concorde flew so fast that on evening westbound flights from London or Paris to New York, passengers could see the sun appear to rise again after takeoff, because the jet was moving faster than Earth's rotation at that latitude.

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😳 The real name for a hashtag is an octothorpe.

The first published use of the term "hash tag" was in a blog post by Stowe Boyd, "Hash Tags = Twitter Groupings," on August 26, 2007. 🤔

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😳 The tiny pocket in jeans was designed to store pocket watches.

Designed by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in 1873 as a feature of the original “waist overalls,” the small pocket was intended to hold a watch. 👌

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🤯 The largest bowling alley in the world is in Japan and has 116 lanes and is 198.39 meters in length.

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The best snack for alcoholic drinks is mashed potatoes. The potato promotes the slow absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream.

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A real geological wonder is the crater of the extinct volcano Nabiyotum.

It is known for its perfectly round basin, which makes it look really unusual and even slightly alien. It was nicknamed the "dog bowl" for its outlandish shape.

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The reason they use a “Clapperboard” (the black board they clack at the begging of a movie scene) is to help sync the audio and video together later.

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Lenticular clouds
This is a rare natural phenomenon. Their peculiarity is that they do not move, no matter how strong the wind is.

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The average erect gorilla penis is 1.25 inches (3cm) long, the average chimp or bonobo penis comes in at around 3.1″ (8cm) and the average human penis stands at around 5.1″ (13cm). Most primates, including chimpanzees, have a penis bone and achieve erections through muscle contraction.

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