Top Fun Facts

    Health
    Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
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    Animal
    Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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    Superstitions
    Pirates believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one's eyesight.
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    Health
    Pain occurs when sounds are above 130 db.
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    People
    Teenage Laziness is Natural, Not Bad Behavior
    Research suggests that laziness is just a natural part of being a teenager and doesn't reflect bad behavior.
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    Animal
    Completely-black chicken
    Completely-black chicken
    There’s a rare breed of chicken called Ayam Cemani that’s completely black. They have black plumage, legs, nails, beak, and even black meat, bones, and a black tongue!
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    Amazing
    The Great Escape
    The Great Escape
    In 1986 federal prisoner Ronald J. McIntosh escaped during a prisoner transfer. A month later he returned in a stolen helicopter and broke out his girlfriend.
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    Space
    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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