A condition called “False Awakening” occurs when the sleeper believes they are awake when in reality they are still sleeping.

False awakenings usually occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is the sleep stage most closely tied to dreaming.

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Many men who climb Mt. Everst get erection in the process, due to the change in altitude causing more blood to flow into the penis.

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Tickling was used as a form of torture in ancient Rome. A victim's feet would be covered in salt water, then a goat would start licking them until it became painful.

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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.”

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In Sweden, your car headlights have to be on at all times when driving, even in broad daylight.

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The reason why the wedding ring is place on the fourth finger of your left hand is because it's the only finger that has a vein linking directly to your heart.

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Statistically, women with a 4.0 GPA make less than men with a 2.5 GPA.

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In France, it's illegal for a person to kiss another on railways.

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Africa's Greatest Athletes of the 21st Century by ESPN

1. Kenenisa Bekele
2. Eliud Kipchoge
3. Samuel Eto'o
4. Kirsty Coventry
5. Tirunesh Dibaba
6. Didier Drogba
7. Faith Kipyegon
8. Jacques Kallis
9. Asisat Oshoala
10. Mohamed Salah

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The Romans used to clean and whiten their teeth with urine.

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The stickers that supermarkets use on fruits are completly edible. Even the glue holding the stickers to the fruits is food grade.

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In China being a professional Panda hugger is a viable career choice that can earn you up to 32,000$ yearly.

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Humans are born with only two innate fears. The fear of loud sounds and the fear of falling.

The rest are "learned fears" that develop at young age, influenced by our environment and culture.

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There is a "cult" offshoot of Christianity in China that believes Jesus is currently living in China as a Chinese woman.

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In some cases, the Russell viper's bite can cause the victim to experience reverse puberty.

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Before anesthesia, speed was essential to minimize pain and improve the odds of survival.

Robert Liston, a British surgeon who excelled at this, once performed a surgery, during which he moved so fast that he took an assistant's fingers off when cutting through a leg. Both the patient and the assistant later died of infection, and one spectator died of shock. This was the only known surgery in history that had a 300% mortality rate.

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German men are the most likely europeans to sit down to pee.

With 62% saying they do so "every time" or "most times". Sweds are the second most likely European men to do so. 

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