Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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Korean Okhwan Yoon left behind a profitable business to cycle the world in aid of world peace. For over 9 years, he has biked across 192 countries on six continents, and has survived 6 car accidents, malaria, extreme temperatures, robbery, and kidnapping.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet. One in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime.
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2% of Europeans lack the genes for smelly armpits.
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