People who speak Icelandic can still understand the old Icelandic Sagas because of how little the language has changed over the past 1000 years.
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During the Vietnam war, many American…
During the Vietnam war, many American soldiers stationed in Japan went AWOL and fled to Sweden. Swedish PM Palme was vehemently against the war and promised that he would grant asylum to deserters.
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In 1954, in Italy, a soccer match…
In 1954, in Italy, a soccer match (Fiorentina vs Pistoiese) was suspended because multiple unidentified flying objects were spoted above the stadium and the whole city of Firenze. After a while a white sticky substance started falling from the sky. What happened is still a mistery.
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In a village in India, an Indian…
In a village in India, an Indian robin had made a nest and laid her eggs on the village’s switchboard. The village decided to go without street lights for over a month for the safety of the bird and to allow her eggs to hatch. After 45 days, the bird and its hatchlings safely flew […]
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Red Cloud, a Chief of the Lakota…
Red Cloud, a Chief of the Lakota, was the only American Indian in the West to win a war against the US, inflicted the largest military defeat suffered by the US on the Great Plains until the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and was the most photographed American Indian in the 19th century.
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When the Beatles became insanely wealthy…
When the Beatles became insanely wealthy, they wanted to buy an island in Greece, which had a small fishing village, 4 beaches, & a large olive grove. Four small neighbouring islands surrounded it, one for each Beatle. They changed their mind.
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Researchers found that deaf people with…
Researchers found that deaf people with schizophrenia who ‘hear voices’ often visualise hallucinations of moving lips or disembodied hands and arms making sign language movements. Another phenomenon that’s stumped even the smartest scientific brains for decades: No one born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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Diamonds slowly turn into graphite…
Diamonds slowly turn into graphite (the stuff you find in pencils) over time. Thus, diamonds are not really forever.
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A 2014 linguistics study on filler…
A 2014 linguistics study on filler words found that women use “um” ~22% more than men, men say “uh” 250% more than women, & men use filler words ~38% more than women. When speaking to the opposite gender, men use “uh” ~14% less & “um” ~8% more, while women use “uh” ~20% more & “um” […]
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Point Nemo is over 1000 miles away…
Point Nemo is over 1000 miles away from civilization, making it the least accessible place on Earth. The closest people to Point Nemo are usually astronauts aboard the ISS. Also, it is used as a ‘cemetery’ for spacecraft, because life cannot survive near it due to a lack of nutrients.
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