The Silfra fissure in Thingvallavatn Lake, Iceland, is the only place on Earth where divers can touch two continental plates- the North American and Eurasian- underwater at the same time.

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20,000-year-old human footprints found in Australia include tracks of a man who was running barefoot in clay at speeds estimated to match a modern Olympic sprinter--about 37 km/h(23 mph).

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In the early 1900s, a performer known as Sober Sue never laughed despite a $1,000 challenge from a New York theater.

Top comedians tried and failed-and it later emerged she had facial paralysis that prevented smiling or laughter.

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A group of Flat Earthers spent about $20,000 on experiments-including a laser gyroscope-to prove the Earth is flat, but their results instead confirmed the Earth's rotation and curvature, accidentally proving it is round.

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Queen Elizabeth II once "tenorised" Crown Prince Abdullah by driving him herself around Balmoral in a Land Rover- acceleration, narrow roads, and the fact that Saudi women weren't allowed to drive terrified him.

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Every time you control your anger instead of acting on it, you strengthen your brain's ability to stay calm and compassionate--literally rewiring your brain for the better.

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There is a Mineral called “Cummingtonite” named after its place of discovery: Cummington, Massachusetts

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Before he became Hulk Hogan, Terry Bollea was a bass player in a local Tampa band called Ruckus.

He was active in the mid-1970s and known for his music and huge size. One night, two wrestling legends, Jack and Gerald Brisco, saw him play in a club and believed he could be a great wrestler. They helped him get trained, launching his wrestling career.

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A Nigerian scientist, Dr. Samuel Achilefu, led a team that developed high-tech goggles to help surgeons detect cancer cells more accurately.

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"Marriage graduation" (sotsukon) is a concept that originated in Japan where couples remain legally married but choose to live independently sometimes in separate homes.

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Only about 17% of Japanese citizens hold a passport as of 2025, down from 24% in 2019-even though Japan has one of the world's strongest passports.

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IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who started the company at age 17, was famously frugal; he flew coach, stayed in budget hotels, drove a 20-year-old Volvo, and sought haircuts in developing countries.

He passed away at 91 in 2018, with a net worth estimated at nearly $60 billion.

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In 1977, Argentina flew a pregnant woman to their military base in Antarctica so she could have the first baby to ever be born on the continent.

In doing so, the Argentine government believed this would give them an undisputable claim on the land, but the claim is not recognized internationally.

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Wedding cakes were originally white to symbolize purity and virginity.

Since pure sugar was expensive, a whiter cake indicated your higher wealth and class.

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There’s a religion in Nigeria called Chrislam.

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You can tell if a baby is self-aware by drawing a red dot on his/her forehead in front of a mirror.

If the baby touches its reflection, he/she is not aware. If it rubs its own forehead to try to remove the mark, it is.

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If a dead body goes undiscovered long enough for skin-slip to start and there’s no one to identify the body, forensics can cut the skin around your wrist, slip the skin off, and wear it like a glove in order to get the fingerprints.

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Before his political career, Abraham Lincoln was an elite wrestler with only one recorded loss in about 300 matches.

After establishing his dominance, he once challenged a crowd, saying, "I'm the big buck of this lick... If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns." The challenge went unanswered.

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An estimated 10% of Europeans are immune to HIV infection because they have an ancestor who survived bubonic plague the “Black Death.”

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A Man’s brain tumor caused him to orgasm whenever he looked at safety pins.

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In February 2019, when she was just 35 weeks old and in the womb, doctors made a rare and astonishing discovery during a routine ultrasound: Itzamara was carrying her own twin inside her abdomen.

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