‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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In November 2013, a woman in Florida named Linda Ducharme married a ferris wheel.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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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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