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Shiny metals
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The Walt Disney Concert Hall was made LESS shiny. The reflection was blinding drivers & heating side-walks to 140 °F!
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Guilty conscience
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In 2004, a robber took $14,500 from a bank in Japan, but felt so guilty he mailed the money back with an apology!
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This is how doctors used to figure out if a woman was pregnant
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How did doctors figure out if women were pregnant back in the day? They used frogs, of course! Before the 1960's, the only reliable pregnancy test involved injecting a woman's urine into an African clawed frog and seeing if the frog spawned. This peculiar method, known as the ' frog pregnancy test,' may sound bizarre today, but it was a common practice in the early to mid-20th century. The African clawed frog, a species native to sub-Saharan Africa, was preferred for this test because of its unique reproductive system. If a woman was pregnant, her urine would contain hormones that would induce the frog to lay eggs, confirming the pregnancy. While this method may seem unusual by modern standards, it was an early example of using biological indi ...
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Street food of Japan
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Seahorse and scorpion skewers are sold on the streets of Japan as popular food items. I wonder what they taste like...
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Largest ball pit
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The world's largest ball pit in China - contains over one million balls!
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Tomatoes were once legally vegetables
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Botanically, apples, peaches, grapes, and tomatoes are all fruits. But don’t try telling that to the U.S. Supreme Court. Per the 1893 case Nix v. Hedden, the court decided that tomatoes were veggies and therefore subject to the vegetable tariff. The Supreme Court’s reasoning? Tomatoes have to be vegetables because they’re usually served with dinner, not dessert.
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Why start another blog?
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I recently started a thread in the main forum to deliver fun and interesting non-science-based facts about everything and anything. Rather than continuing that thread, I've decided to put all those facts into one spot. Feel free to contribute to that thread original thread if you want your fact officially published here!
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Bulletproof in style
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Tailor Garrison Bespoke has designed a bulletproof three-piece suit using state of the art carbon nano-technology!
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Toxic meat
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African spur-winged geese ( Plectropterus gambensis) become so toxic after eating blister beetles that consuming their flesh can kill a human. Blister beetles (family Meloidae) are toxic due to the presence of a chemical compound called cantharidin. Cantharidin is a potent toxin that these beetles produce and store in their bodies as a defense mechanism against predators. It acts as a powerful irritant and blistering agent when it comes into contact with skin or mucous membranes. The toxicity of blister beetles serves as a deterrent to potential predators, helping them avoid being eaten. ...
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