The word “peacock” does not actually apply to both male and female birds.

It’s only the males that are called peacocks, while the females are called peahens. Together, the collective name for them is “peafowl.”

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This African craftsman recycles old tires into shoes and he is so good that he can measure your feet and make you that fits you perfectly.

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'The Cat Poop Parasite that will make you Attractive'

Some sexually transmitted parasites can make people appear more attractive, and even make a person’s face more symmetrical.

Researchers believe that these parasites make infected people appear more desirable in an attempt to contaminate as many hosts as possible.

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Humans are expected to lose 50–58 hours of sleep a year by 2099, as global temperatures continue to rise

We sleep less as nighttime temperatures increase

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The Y chromosome is degenerating and if it continues at the same rate it will disappear in 4.6 million years.

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The Penalty for killing an elephant in Sri Lanka is death.

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Today Marks the start of a New Year in Ethiopian Calendar. We would like to wish our fam in Ethiopia a Happy New Year🎉🎊🍾

The First athlete to get disqualified at the Olympics for drug use was a Swedish modern pentathlete named Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who allegedly had only "two beers" to calm his nerves before the pistol shooting event. He caused the Swedish team to get disqualified at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the team had to return their bronze medals.

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Every 7 years your body is completely replaced with entirely new cells so just because you look the same doesn't mean you are.

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Frogs literally eat with their eyes!

If you get close and personal with a frog and watch it eat, you may come away wondering why it closes its eyes every time it swallows.

It’s not just that they really savor every bite, but it’s actually biological.

Frogs will close their eyes and then retract them down towards their throat, which helps push food down towards their stomach!

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White chocolate isn’t chocolate.

Its name is deceiving because white chocolate doesn’t have any components of regular chocolate.

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There are some people that are scared of peanut butter.

Getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth is annoying sure, but to have an irrational fear of it happening is next level.

There’s a phobia for everything and this common occurrence is no exception. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth!

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More Africans have access to cell phone service than piped water and electricity.

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Bad eggs will float.

If you need to test the freshness of your eggs, put them in a glass of cold water. The fresher the egg, the faster it will fall to the bottom!

Any eggs that float should be thrown out.

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Bird saliva is a delicacy in China.

One expensive delicacy of China is Bird’s nest soup which is made from rare bird’s nests created from the saliva of small swiftlets.

They have been used in China for over four centuries.

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South Korean plastic surgeons are so skilled that people from China and Japan who visit the country for surgeries have trouble re-entering because their faces no longer match their passport photographs.

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There’s a pub in Ireland that’s been running for more than 1,100 years!

Sean’s Bar in Athlone in Ireland has been open for business since about 900 AD, with records of every owner of the pub since its founding.
While surprising at first, it makes sense that it has stood the test of time.

Sean’s Bar is in the middle of a town that’s pretty much smack-bang in the center of Ireland.

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Egyptian Pharaohs were once required to masturbate into the River Nile to keep its flow cycle stable. The event was known as the Fertility Festival.

The Fertility festival or Min festival was part of ritual at the end of the year where, the pharaoh would masturbate then ejaculate into the river, making sure that his semen flowed with the current.

After the pharaoh, other men would then come over and release their seeds as well.The entire process was believed to have brought more prosperity and blessings to the people.

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