Because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberation.

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Gmail first launched on April 1st, 2004. It was widely assumed the service was an April Fools Day joke.

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If your second toe is longer than your big toe, it is a condition called Morton’s Toe and that some statues, including the Statue of Liberty, have feet sculpted that way.

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A bite from a Lone Star tick can cause lifelong allergies to red meat and certain poultry.

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If you eat a teaspoon of sugar after eating something spicy, it will completely neutralize the heat.

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Babies born via C-section appear more likely to develop allergies and asthma; believed to be due to delayed development of the gut flora.

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Atelophobia is the fear of not being good enough or a fear of imperfection. An atelophobic has the fear that whatever he is doing is wrong in some way

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Bunnies were once believed to be hermaphroditic and able to mate without losing their virginity- that’s why the Easter Bunny is a symbol for Marie, with eggs being a symbol of rebirth, which is traditionally dyed red for Christ’s blood.

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India was the home to the only known vegetarian crocodile in the world.

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"Essential Oils" are not essential in that they are necessary, but because they carry the "essence" of the plant. However, there are "Essential Fatty Acids" that are necessary for humans

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Despite its free-market image, all the land in Singapore is owned by the government, and 85 percent of housing is supplied by the government’s own housing corporation. 22 percent of GDP is produced by state-owned enterprises including Singapore Airlines.

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One theory why garlic was thought to repel vampires was that it’s an antibiotic, and since vampirism was often thought to be a disease, it was harmful to them. Another theory is that garlic was believed to repel mosquitoes, and since they’re both bloodsuckers, vampires would also be repelled.

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The oldest garden that has been tended to continuously is 973 years old, in China, and one of 50 surviving gardens called the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, founded in the 6th Century.

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Slavery wasn’t abolished in Ethiopia until 1942.

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The earliest documentation of abortion is from 1550 BCE.

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Early light bulbs used bamboo filaments covered in carbon.

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When Australia stopped using the pound as its currency, some of the suggested names for the new currency were austral, the oz, the boomer, the roo, the kanga, the emu, the digger, the Quid, the dinkum and the Ming before the government ultimately settled on the Australian dollar.

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Morning sickness is believed to have evolved as a trait to protect the fetus against toxins ingested by the mother and women with no morning sickness are more likely to miscarry.

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In Mongolia, it was believed that sprinkling powdered wolf rectum on food was thought to cure hemorrhoids.

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There is enough water in Lake Superior to flood the entire landmasses of North and South America to a depth of 1 foot. It contains over 3 quadrillion gallons of fresh water.

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