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You don't catch a cold because of cold weather. People just spend more time indoors when it's cold, which allows germs to transfer between people more easily.

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Tibetan monks practicing a rare form of meditation known as "g-tummo" can raise their core temperature at will.

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While floating in lunar orbit, astronaut Al Worden was 2,235 miles (3,600 km) away from his companions, making him the most isolated human being ever.

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The Titanic crew had no binoculars , which may have helped them see the iceberg. They were inside a locker and the key was lost.

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Chimpanzees in West Africa have entered their own Stone Age: they have been using stone tools for generations.

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Tim Storms, the man with the world's deepest voice, can hit notes so low that only animals as massive as elephants are able to hear them.

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The human body emits upwards of 10^6 biological particles per hour, creating a detectible microbial cloud into surrounding indoor air.

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The largest prime number ever found is more than 22 million digits long.

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A single asteroid can contain US$20 trillion worth of metals.

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A cooling cap can prevent breast cancer patients facing chemotherapy from losing their hair.

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Duct tape can lift a 5,000-pound car.

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Only one of Sweden's

top 20 surnames

doesn't end in “son”:

Lindberg.

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There are approximately 38,000 known species of spiders.

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Snakes are unable to close their eyes. They can't blink and they must sleep with their eyes open.

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The U.S. is currently in it's longest period of not having a president die in office.

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Colonel Sanders got fired from dozens of jobs. He found himself broke at the age of 65, and decided to start KFC.

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6 months before the Challenger disaster a lone engineer told his superiors about the O-Ring problem and warned the result "would be a catastrophe of the highest order: loss of human life."

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Wedding rings are placed on the left ring finger because in ancient times people used to believe it was the only finger where a vein connected straight to the heart.

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A reservoir of water 3 times
the volume of all the oceans

is located deep beneath
the Earth's surface.

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The Hebrew language essentially died between 200 and 400 CE and was revived in 19th century Germany, now having about 9 million speakers.

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Brad Pitt was banned from China for his role in the movie "7 Years in Tibet."

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Ronald Reagan,

idolized by Republicans,

was actually a Democrat

until he was 52 years old.

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Worldwide, women earn US$18 trillion but spend US$28 trillion.

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Only about 1 in every 10,000 people has "perfect pitch", the ability to identify a musical note just by hearing it, with no reference note.

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The Philippines accounts for 43% of the world's gin consumption.

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There are Victoria's Secret models from every continent except Antarctica.

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Scars continue to look the same year after year because, while skin cells are replaced periodically, the underlying collagen is not.

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If two octopuses approach each
other and display dark colors

the encounter is likely to escalate
to physical confrontation.

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Hummer drivers get almost 5 times as many tickets as the U.S. national average for all vehicles, according to a 2009 study.

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The U.S. military has a 26-page manual on baking brownies and oatmeal cookies.

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