Random Strange Facts

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    Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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    Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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    Carotenemia
    Carotenemia
    If you eat lots of carrots, you'll start to turn orange.
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    A British teenager changed his name in 2008 to Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.
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    It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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