In Brooklyn, New York, people can rent a mom for $40.

She listens to you, gives you advice, cooks, and helps with chores.

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“Goodbye” comes from the term “Godbwye,” a contraction of the phrase “God be with ye”.

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Bill Gates makes about $1,300 every second

If he dropped a $100 bill on the ground, it literally wouldn't be worth his time to stop and pick it up.

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The World's shortest Escalator is located in Japan and has only 5 steps!

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The only reason indigo was included in the ROYGBIV rainbow spectrum was because Sir Isaac Newton considered 7 a sacred number and didn't want the rainbow to be "unsacred."

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Rabbits were used as an early pregnancy test.

They would be injected with urine from a female patient and then dissected to see changes in the ovaries.

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In 1945, a group of Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship.

It hung in his office for seven years before discovering it contained a listening device.

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Bees do not fly at night.

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Holding in a fart, can make it leak out of your mouth when exhaling.

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In October 2021, in Shanghai, China, a millionaire named 'Sunwear' withdrew his entire savings of 5 million yuan, and ordered the bank staff to count every single note.

All because they asked him to wear a face mask. He then put the money in suitcases and left.

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Sucking on your Significant other's (Female) nipples can cause irregularities in periods, and is also a method of (extremely unreliable) contraception.

Sucking on the nipple releases the hormone prolactin, which causes the brain/body to think there is already an suckling infant and will try to delay the next.

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New year's Day is the official birthday of everyone in Bhutan.

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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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The Yoruba people have the highest likelihood of producing twins in the world.

The probability is linked to their consumption of a type of yam which releases a hormone that can cause the ovaries to release an egg from each side.

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In France, you're not allowed to work more than 218 days a year.

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Vampire deer

The water deer is a small deer species native to Korea and China, also can be found in Europe. Its prominent tusks, similar to those of musk deer, have led to both subspecies being colloquially named vampire deer.

Aside from their prominent tusks, the Chinese water deer appears harmless & use their tusks to fight off other bucks for potential mates and to protect themselves against predators.

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Eggplants contain nicotine!

If you're willing to eat around 20 eggplants at once, it's equivalent to as one cigarette. Also potato & tomato reportedly contain a small trace of nicotine.

Nicotine has been widely used as an insecticide both in plant and animal production.

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The decapitated head of a dead snake can still bite, even hours after death. These types of bites usually contain huge amounts of venom.

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When it gets too hot in Australia, the nectar in some flowers turns into alcohol, and the bees that get "drunk" begin stumbling around.

'Bouncer' bees at the hive won't let them in until they've sobered up.

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Australia has the largest population of wild camels in the world.

While Somalia has 6.2 million domesticated camels, the most in the world. Australia however has the most wild camels in the world, with around 1 million.

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