Scientists believe that the egg came first.The first chicken egg was laid by a bird who wasn’t a chicken.
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The majority of coconuts are picked…
The majority of coconuts are picked by trained monkeys. Most coconut oil and meat comes from Thailand where monkeys are used to climb trees and retrieve coconuts. Male monkeys on average get 1,600 coconuts a day, humans only get about 80.
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A woman gave birth to her own grandchild…
A woman gave birth to her own grandchild. 61-year old Cecile Eledge served as the gestational surrogate for her son and his husband, carrying to term a baby created from her son’s sperm and her son’s sister-in-law’s egg. “I just never hesitated,” Eledge said. “It was unconditional love.”
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A unit of ‘shyness’ called a dirac…
A unit of ‘shyness’ called a dirac is named after the famous theoretical physicist and father of quantum physics, Paul Dirac. Known for his succinctness, his colleagues jokingly defined 1 dirac as 1 word per hour.
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There are 3 trillion trees on Earth…
There are 3 trillion trees on Earth, which is more trees than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy and cells in the human brain.
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A woman from the turn of the 20th century…
A woman from the turn of the 20th century would sell people the time by letting them look at her watch. Ruth Belville, sold people the time. This was done by setting a Belville’s watch to Greenwich Mean Time, as shown by the Greenwich clock, each day and then “selling” people the time by letting […]
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When Fidel Castro was 14 he wrote…
When Fidel Castro was 14 he wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt and asked him for a 10 dollar bill because he admired America.
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Fermi’s Paradox proposes theory for…
Fermi’s Paradox proposes the theory for why we haven’t heard from or seen any aliens. One of which being that they aren’t communicating because of an impending threat they know about, that we are not aware of.
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Oklahoma has the largest number…
Oklahoma has the largest number of lakes made by dams in the U.S. at over 200 lakes. All of Oklahoma’s lakes are man made by making dams. There are no natural lakes in Oklahoma.
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The “Chameleon Effect” is how people…
The “Chameleon Effect” is how people subconsciously copy other people. This mainly includes accents, facial mannerisms, and vocal inflections. People who can hear and separate musical notes are more susceptible to the Chameleon Effect, they also come across as more empathetic or nice to others.
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