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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Terms & Conditions
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    It would take 76 work days (8 hours a day) for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
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    Men are more attracted to women whose bone structure is similar to their own mothers. It's called "sexual imprinting".
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    There are actually seven different types of twins: Identical, Fraternal, Mirror-Image, Polar Body (Half Identical), Mixed Chromosome, Superfecundation, and Superfetation.
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    You can reschedule your sleeping pattern by not eating 12-16 hours before you want to be awake. Upon eating after this time period, your internal clock will reset to a new day, with the time of your first meal being interpreted as "morning".
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    If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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    Why Do Old Books Have a Distinct Smell?
    The reason why old books have such a distinct smell is because hundreds of organic compounds in the pages break down over time and release chemicals that smell like almond, vanilla, and grass.
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    Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were originally considered a delicacy, only enjoyed by those of the upper class.
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