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The "high place phenomenon" is the sudden urge to jump off a high place, such as a bridge.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE -
In 2016, a UPS driver who spotted "call 911" written on a package helped police free a woman who was being held captive in her own home.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Teen suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal and the biggest impact was among gay, lesbian and bisexual kids.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Mathematician Kurt Gödel lived on a diet of baby food, laxatives and butter.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Houseflies live for 25 to 30 days, not 24 hours.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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George Harrison was the first Beatle to go vegetarian.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Dalmatians are white at birth. Their first spots usually appear within 3 to 4 weeks after birth♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When Facebook acquired Instagram for about $1 billion, the company had just 13 employees.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Espresso has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages, but because the usual serving size is much smaller, the total caffeine content is less than a mug of standard brewed coffee.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Genghis Khan gave his opponents a chance to submit and sign a treaty; if they refused, he conquered them by murder.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Patrick Stewart was so skeptical about the success of "Star Trek" that he didn't unpack his bag for six weeks.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In many parts of Africa, the snake is looked upon as the incarnation of deceased relatives.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It is legal in 43 U.S. states to sue former inmates for the cost of their incarceration.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Columbia University accidentally sent out acceptance emails to 277 prospective graduate students in 2017, and then revoked them in a follow-up email a little more than an hour later.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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If it ever went up for sale, the White House would cost anywhere from $90 to $369 million.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin was only 53 years old when he died in 1924 after a series of strokes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Muhammad Ali's great grandfather was an Irish immigrant who settled in Kentucky in the 1860s.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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75%of the population of Venezuela lost at least 19 pounds in 2016 due to a lack of proper nutrition amid an economic crisis.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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About 30% of solar radiation is reflected back to space and the rest is absorbed by oceans, clouds and land masses.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Issac Newton invented the ridges along the edges of coins, still in use today, to prevent theft.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Shakira recorded her very first album when she was only 13. It was made up entirely of songs that she had written between the ages of 8 and 13.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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To prepare for his role in the film 'The Mask of Zorro', Antonio Banderas practiced with the Olympic fencing team in Spain for 4 months.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Victorian families often kept hedgehogs in kitchens as a form of pest control, as they eat insects.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Inca Empire existed for only 95 years.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Mageirocophobia is the fear of having to cook.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Some people never develop fingerprints.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The old word for a kiss on the hand is "baisemain."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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75% of the U.S. public say that Christians who commit violence aren't really Christian, while just 50% say the same about Muslims who commit violence.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There are now more U.S. states that have completely legalized cannabis than states that completely ban it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Marco Polo's trip across Asia spanned 24 years and he didn't travel alone; he went with his father and uncle.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
