Random Interesting Facts

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    Smartphone Sidewalk
    Smartphone Sidewalk
    The Chinese city of Chongqing has the world's first dedicated pavement for mobile phone users.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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    Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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    Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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    Clever City Birds
    Clever City Birds
    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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