There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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If you put two straws in your mouth, one inside a drink and one outside it, you won't be able to drink through either straw.
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When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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The bananas we buy in stores and supermarkets are genetically identical clones, all descended from one banana. These bananas are seedless and sterile; natural bananas are short, fat, and have huge seeds.
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