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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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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When the 2013 government shutdown threatened the closing down of a national program giving medical attention and meals to children, John D. Arnold donated $10 million of his own money to keep it afloat.
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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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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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Cuban rescue workers use sniffer rabbits to find people in collapsed buildings.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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