Getting dumped often leads to “frustration attraction,” which causes an individual to love the one who dumped him or her even more.

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Sugar is one of the world’s oldest ingredients. The people of New Guinea were most likely the first to domesticate sugar cane around 8000 B.C.

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The Antikythera mechanism (also known as the Antikythera Device), dated to the late 2nd century/early 1st century BCE (roughly 205-60 BCE) is understood as the world's first analog computer, created to accurately calculate the position of the sun, moon, and planets. It was found in 1901 off the Greek island of Antikythera, giving it its name.


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Today 63 years ago on 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, a Soviet Navy officer was credited with preventing a Soviet nuclear strike (and, presumably, all-out nuclear war)
Such an attack likely would have caused a major global thermonuclear response.


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A team of chemists described old book smell as “a combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness.” The odor actually comes from chemicals like benzaldehyde, furfural, and acetic acid—all byproducts of decomposition.

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The word “canvas” is related to the word “cannabis.” Historically, canvases were made of hemp.

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A zebra's teeth grow continuously throughout its lifetime, offsetting the wear of constant grazing.

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In the Middle Ages, punishment for “deviant” sexual positions could be harsh. For example, the punishment for a woman-on-top position was three years’ penance. People feared that such a position reversed the natural order of the “superior” male and “inferior” female.

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Today, exactly 100 years ago on the 28th of October 1925 the mask of Tutankhamun was discovered.

There was a legend that those who disturbed the tomb would be cursed, soon after the discovery and disturbance of the tomb certain incidents in wich members of the team started dying made it seem that this legend was true.

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Phagocytosis is the brain eating itself.

The working of the brain creates a kind of debris that has to be removed, otherwise it builds up and disrupts things. Most of this eating happens when we sleep, that’s one theory to why we even need sleep.

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The Code of Hammurabi — one of the oldest known written law codes — was created by King Hammurabi of Babylon (modern Iraq) and influenced later legal traditions.

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During the death process, the larynx loses it cough reflex, which creates a buildup of mucous. This causes a “death” rattle, or the gurgling or rattle-like sound of someone dying.

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Cotard's Syndrome or Walking Corpse Syndrome is a condition where people believe they are dead or even immortal. Some put it to the test and get hurt or die in the process.

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Mount Augustus in the Australian Outback is the largest rock on earth standing at approximately 717 meters (2,352 feet) high above the surrounding plains and can be seen from almost 100 miles away.

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Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, won his first professional fight against Tunney Hunsaker by unanimous decision on Oct 29, 1960 in Louisville; Clay was unmarked while Hunsaker bled from the bout.

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Because these two facts are related we post them as one.

Fact one:
People once commonly shared beds with family — and even guests — and intimate encounters sometimes happened in those shared spaces.

Fact two:
Humans also practiced biphasic sleep (a “first” and “second” sleep); electric lighting and industrial schedules forced a shift toward a single consolidated night.

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More than 2,000 years ago Persians used yakhchals — ancient desert "refrigerators" — to make sorbet-like desserts and store ice.

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