The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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