The fruits of the pistachio tree are harvested at night. The fact is that pistachios emit essential oils in the sun, which can poison harvesters.

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🍾 The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman tomb.

It was more than 1,650 years old.

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In 1859, a massive solar storm known as the Carrington Event struck Earth. Telegraph systems across Europe and North America malfunctioned, with some operators receiving electric shocks and telegraph paper catching fire. Auroras were seen as far south as the Caribbean. It remains the most powerful geomagnetic storm recorded in history, and scientists believe a similar event today could severely disrupt satellites, GPS, and power grids worldwide.
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Bananas are berries.

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Scientists have found that petting dogs is good for your health. The stress level decreases, and the happiness hormone, on the contrary, goes up.

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Savannah is considered one of the most expensive cat breeds in the world. This breed appeared not so long ago in 1986. Its cost ranges from 4 to 22 thousand dollars. She was bred by crossing a serval with a domestic cat. This is one of the largest breeds in the feline family.

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Your Hidden Muscle

Touch your thumb to your pinky and flex your wrist slightly. If a tendon pops out on your wrist, you possess a rudimentary "tail" on your arms — the palmaris longus muscle. About 15% of people lack it entirely, and it doesn't affect grip strength at all.

Evolution is slowly erasing this element, as it was critical for our ancestors to climb trees efficiently. Today, it is merely an atavism that modern surgeons use as a "patch" during plastic surgeries.

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Huskies are one of the cleanest and kindest dog breeds. She has no smell of skin and wool.

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African elephants are known to help injured or resting humans and even bury the dead, A woman once fell asleep beneath a tree and woke to an elephant gently touching her.

As more elephants gathered, they covered her with branches. She was found the next day, completely unharmed.

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The first football match ever shown on television was Arsenal versus Arsenal Reserves

The BBC started its television service in 1936, although it was nearly a year before the very first televised match of football was screened – a specially-arranged friendly match between Arsenal and Arsenal Reserves at Highbury on 16 September 1937.

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Pandas do not have a special place to sleep, neither a bed nor a nest. Therefore, they fall asleep where they found themselves at the moment of fatigue.

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Batophobia is a fear of the deep. The occurrence of this disorder can be associated with accidents on the water, as a result of which a person has experienced emotional distress.

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In German, there is a word for the strange feeling of being embarrassed on someone else's behalf: Fremdschämen.

It combines fremd (“foreign” or “someone else's”) with schämen (“to be ashamed”). You might feel Fremdschämen while watching someone confidently make a painfully awkward mistake in public—even though you aren't involved at all.

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Sweden has more islands than any other country.

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The Ethiopian bible is the oldest, most complete and original bible on earth.

Written on goat skin in the early Ethiopian language of Ge’ez. It is also World’s first illustrated Christian Bible.

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In Japan, people who turn 20 traditionally celebrate Seijin no Hi, or Coming of Age Day. The national holiday is held on the second Monday of January, and ceremonies are organized by local governments for young adults.

Women often wear elaborate furisode kimono, while men may wear suits or traditional clothing.

The celebration marks the transition into adulthood and has traditionally been associated with responsibilities such as voting and legal adulthood, although Japan lowered the legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18 in 2022.

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Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward.

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Japan has over 5 million vending machines.

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Sound travels 4 times faster in water than in air.

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