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2023-04-11 21:51:08 The oldest living tree in the world is a Great Basin bristlecone pine named Methuselah, which is over 4,800 years old

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2023-04-10 23:20:43 Mosquitoes can smell your blood type. Type O is their favorite

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2023-04-10 21:20:52 In theory, if you could sell every organ and chemical in your body, you would make about $45 million

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2023-04-09 22:17:02 5 weird facts

1. There is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal, meaning it can live forever.

2. Some cats are allergic to humans.

3. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

4. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, which lasted only 38 minutes.

5. The world's largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick

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2023-04-09 21:48:37 Women prefer men with "dad-bods" over men with six-packs, according to a study commissioned by Planet Fitness.

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2023-04-08 21:31:02 Piquerism is the tendency to become sexually aroused from penetrating another person’s body with sharp objects.

Someone into masochism gets sexual pleasure from being hurt: they are turned on by pain. When you see the word masochism, think "pleasure from pain." Masochism is the opposite of sadism, which involves getting turned on by hurting people. Masochists are the ones that like getting hurt, though usually not seriously.

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2023-04-08 19:43:44 People generate tears every day for a variety of reasons, often without even noticing. Whether triggered by onions, allergies, intense emotion or just to keep your eyes from drying out, your body produces a myriad of tears — and they all look completely different from each other.⁠
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There's a scientific reason why every tear looks so different. There are three different types of tears: basal (lubricating), reflex (responding to stimuli) and psychic (triggered by emotion). Each type of tear contains different organic substances, and the molecular makeup depends on the causative agent. For instance, emotional tears contain the neurotransmitter leucine enkephalin, a natural painkiller that the body releases to mitigate stress.⁠
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And even tears caused by the same reason might look different once they crystallize. There are so many variables — there's the chemistry, the viscosity, the setting, the evaporation rate, and the settings of the microscope.⁠

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2023-04-07 22:17:02 The Japanese who survived the Titanic was called a coward in his country for not dying with the other passengers. Masabumi Hosono was the only Japanese person to survive the Titanic, he lost his job and was dubbed a coward in Japan for not dying with the other passengers.

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2023-04-07 21:18:34 Beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia until 2013. Many Russians consider beer a soft drink – a light refresher that can be guzzled on the way to work or sucked down in great quantities before a picnic and a swim in the river.

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2023-04-07 00:21:54 Hypersomnia

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