The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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