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2024-06-03 12:32:54 The inventor of television, Philo Farnsworth, did not allow his children to watch television because he was afraid they would become stupid.
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2024-06-02 12:40:17 Residents in toraja indonesia, take their dead loved ones out of the grave once every year to celebrate their lives

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2024-05-31 18:11:43 ​​​​The single strong fixing that holds the body of a helicopter to its rotor is nicknamed the ‘Jesus nut’ because if the nut fails, Jesus is your only hope.
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2024-05-26 14:56:19 After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

If you’re heading to a concert or a musical after a big meal you may be doing yourself a disservice. Try eating a smaller meal if you need to keep your hearing pitch perfect.

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2024-05-25 16:53:47 Astronauts wear adult diapers with their spacesuit. It is worn by both male and female astronauts.

Adult diapers is worn by astronauts during liftoff, landings, spacewalks, and extra-vehicular activities in which making it to a bathroom simply isn't possible.

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2024-05-23 11:29:08 A Professional sleeper is someone who gets paid to sleep. They generally do this as part of scientific research focused on analysing sleep patterns or evaluating the quality of various sleep-related products.

As of Aug 2, 2022, the average annual pay for a Professional Sleeper in the United States is $59,998 a year. Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $28.85 an hour. This is the equivalent of $1,154/week or $5,000/month.
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2024-05-22 10:57:00 In Malawi a book titled: "HOW TO CHANGE YOUR WIFE IN 30 DAYS" sold two million copies in one week, before it was discovered that the title had a spelling error!

The correct title is: "HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN 30 DAYS". After the correction, for the whole month, only 3 copies were sold.
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2024-05-20 10:52:22 The smell of rotting potatoes can kill you.

Rotten potatoes can be dangerous because they emit a deadly solanine gas that makes the person unconscious, and even kills him if you inhale this gas. If you eat rotten potatoes, the toxin can cause headache, vomiting, diarrhoea, paralysis, coma and sometimes death.

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2024-05-19 13:27:13 A Boy from Bangladesh was playing hide-and-seek and ended up in another country.

While playing hide-and-seek with his friends, Fahim chose a shipping container as his hiding spot. He fell asleep in there, and was found 6 days later in a Malaysian port.

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2024-05-18 17:07:31 In 2010, officials in Tokyo went to congratulate the oldest man in the city on his 111th birthday, but instead found his skeletal remains on his bed.

He’d been dead for 30 years, but his family had kept it secret to continue collecting his pension money.

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