The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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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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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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