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One way to make life more fulfilling and exciting is to simply have an open mind. A lifelong curiosity and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge can let you reinvent yourself repeatedly. After all, there’s always something new you can learn, even though sometimes it may be hard to find the energy and motivation to keep going.

Thanks to the Facts by Guff Instagram account, we can receive our daily dose of knowledge by reading the completely random, unexpected, and unusual tidbits of information they share every day. Whether it’s enlightening their followers about goosebumps, baby elephants, or diamond rain, it certainly triggers a desire to know more.

Bored Panda has collected some of the best facts from the page, so continue scrolling and upvote the ones you might not have known about! Although just to warn you—once you get started, you’ll probably want to keep reading until your curiosity is satisfied.

Psst! Be sure to check our previous posts full of cool and interesting trivia right here, here, and here.

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šŸ¤— As Their Bond Strengthened Over The Years, Chito (The Local Fisherman) And Pocho Grew To Trust Each Other So Completely That They Spent Hours Each Day Swimming And Playing Together. Remarkably, Pocho The Crocodile Was Gentle And Patient With His Human Companion And Would Even Respond To His Name When Called. Thousands Of Tourists, Scientists And Animal Behavior Experts Came To See Chito And Pocho Having Fun.ā 
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šŸŠ After Many Years Of Friendship, Pocho The Crocodile Died Of Natural Causes Last Year At The Age Of 50. Hundreds Of People Attended His Funeral. Chito Was Naturally Devastated By Pocho's Death, But Continues To Share His Friend's Story To Raise Awareness About Just How Special Crocodiles Are.ā 
the Story Of Chito And Pocho Shows That Even Crocodiles Can Appreciate An Act Of Kindness.ā 
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This Dolphin Was Named Kelly, And This Wasn't The Only Clever Trick She Figured Out. Once, A Gull Flew Into Her Tank, So She Gave It To The Trainers. Her Trainers Rewarded Her With Multiple Fish. She Ate Them All Except One...which She Used To Lure Another Bird Into Her Pool! Dolphins Are Brilliant. #facts #dolphins #smart #genius #trick #solongandthanksforallthefish

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Double-Tap If You Consider Your Pet Family! šŸ¶ šŸ˜» ā¤ļø #facts #dogs #dogsofinstagram

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This Instagram account was created by Guff, a data-driven content company that aspires to enlighten people with daily trivia and wisdom. They have amassed more than 825K followers by sharing different bits of information every single day. Unexpected and fun facts seem to often catch people off guard in the best possible way, and many think that it's worth their time.

Staying curious and open to new ideas is not only enjoyable but also provides us with a dopamine rush. Whether it’s learning something new about history, science, art, or even modern pop culture, there are many benefits to keeping our brain cells active.

A study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has found that our brains are hungry and always willing to learn new details about the world. Researchers revealed that "new information acts on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as money or food." 

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šŸŽ¬ From 1973 - 1985, Moore Starred In Seven Films As The Iconic Secret Agent, Jet-Setting Around The Globe As He Saved The World Repeatedly, Romanced Beautiful Women And Looked Suave Doing It. But, As With All Things, Even His Lengthy Tenure Had To Come To An End.ā 
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šŸŽžļø By 1981, Moore Was Becoming Increasingly Uncomfortable With His Own Age In Direct Comparison To His Love Interests In The Films, With His Co-Stars Largely Being In Their 20s. While Other Actors Were Considered To Become The New Bond For The 1981 Film, Moore Ultimately Relented And Renewed His Contract. Following This, Moore Became More Serious About Retiring From His 007 Role Ahead Of 1983's 'Octopussy'. ā 
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šŸ„› The Infamous American Gangster Campaigned For Expiry Dates To Be Clearly Printed On Milk Bottles, Allegedly Due To One Of His Relatives Becoming Ill After Drinking Sour Milk Without Realizing It Had Turned.ā 
another Theory Linked To Caponeā€™s Involvement With Expiry Dates Is Far Less Altruistic. He Controlled All Of The Equipment Capable Of Printing The Use-By Date On Each Bottle And Was Set To Make A Decent, And Honest, Wage Out Of The Entire Enterprise If It Came To Pass.ā 
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šŸ•µļø The Reason Why Capone Had The Means To Put This Date On Milk Bottles? He Already Had A Rather Impressive Outfit For Bottling Liquids Set Up During The Prohibition Era (1920-1933), When Alcohol Was Banned In The Us, And His Mafia Outfit Filled The Gap In The Market With Its Own Boozey Set-Up. With Prohibition Coming To An End, He Needed Something Else To Keep Those Bottling Plants Busy.ā 
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šŸ•·ļø Also, Male Peacock Spiders Perform A Colorful Song And Dance Nearly Unrivaled In The Animal Kingdom. But A Study Shows That Their Main Audienceā€”the Females They Aim To Wooā€”donā€™t Impress So Easily. ā 
when A Male Peacock Spider Thinks He Has Spotted A Female, ā€œThe World Pretty Much Disappears,ā€ Says Michael Kasumovic Of Australiaā€™s University Of New South Wales, One Of The Studyā€™s Co-Authors. The Spider Then Begins A Series Of Dancesā€”including Moves Scientists Have Dubbed The ā€œRumble-Rumpā€ And ā€œGrind-Revā€ā€”that Send Literal Good Vibrations Through The Ground Toward The Female.ā 
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once He Has Piqued Her Interest, The Male Unfolds A Brilliantly Colored Abdominal Flap And Then Struts Back And Forth, All The While Frantically Waving Specially Colored, Lengthy Legs.ā 
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šŸ’ƒ Females Donā€™t Automatically Swoon To The Malesā€™ Advances, Instead Turning Toward Or Away From Them During Their Initial Vibrations, Based On Interest. Some Females Also Had More Aggressive Responses, Rebuffing Males With Quick Shakes Of Their Abdomensā€”or Worse. If Females Donā€™t Like A Male, Theyā€™ll Eat Them.ā 
the Females Liked Only 16 Of The 64 Courtship Dances. ā 
oh And, Malesā€™ Looks Are About Twice As Important As Their Dance Moves, Though Each Plays A Slightly Different Role In Piquing And Retaining A Femaleā€™s Interest.ā 
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"To the brain, information is its own reward, above and beyond whether it’s useful,” co-author of the study and associate professor Ming Hsu, Ph.D. told Neuroscience News. “And just as our brains like empty calories from junk food, they can overvalue information that makes us feel good but may not be useful—what some may call idle curiosity.”

However, knowledge usually becomes useful when it’s put into context. While many think that learning cool and interesting facts is a waste of time, it’s quite the opposite. Sure, you can find out everything you need with just a few searches and clicks on hyperlinks but it won't do any good to your critical thinking skills.

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Scott H. Young, author of Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition, wrote that factual knowledge determines the speed you can acquire new knowledge on a topic. "The more you know, the faster you learn." It also is an important driver of our reading comprehension and other high-level skills, for example problem-solving. When you’re reading a book, it’s much easier to understand the deeper meaning if you’re already familiar with the topic. 

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Two Different Studies -- One By Medical Research Charity Harrison's Fund And The Other By Two Northeastern University Professors -- Concluded That Humans Get More Upset By Stories Of Dogs Being Beaten Up Or Hurt Than Humans Going Through The Same, And Are More Likely Donate To A Dog In Need Than A Human. Are You Surprised?? We'd Love To Hear Your Thoughts In The Comments. #facts #dogs #animalfacts #dogfacts #empathy

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#facts #elephants #baby #trunk #cute #animal

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šŸ‘ Bapurao Tajne Worked For 40 Continuous Days Digging The Well. No One Came To Help Him, Not Even His Family. The Villagers Even Mocked Him, Thinking That Tajne Had Gone Crazy.ā 
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šŸ’¦ However, The Fates Had Something Else Planned For Tajne, Because When He Dug To Fifteen Feet Deep, He Hit Water. The Entire Village Is Now Drawing Water From That Well. Before Tajneā€™s Well, Villagers Had To Travel Miles To Another Village To Draw Water And They Would Often Be Insulted By People Of Other Castes.ā 
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"You can’t reason critically or creatively without first having amassed a large amount of factual knowledge," Young explained. "This is why the existence of Google and Wikipedia doesn’t reduce the need to learn facts. Something being a Google search away doesn’t mean it’s available in the background to allow you to parse new information easily."

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If you find yourself wanting to expand your mental horizons, the Wall Street Journal bestselling author suggested to simply be curious. By reading more articles and books, and by watching a variety of shows or movies, you always surround yourself with new knowledge. If it's hard to understand everything at first, don’t be discouraged and try to look it up. 

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šŸ—³ļø Brown Moved To Massachusetts And, With The Help Of Abolitionists, Went On Tour, Where He Recounted His Daring Escape To Spectators Who Also Thrilled To It As A Miracle Of The Modern Postal Delivery System. (Meanwhile, Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Openly Disapproved Of The Way Brown Divulged His Secrets, Believing It Would Make It Difficult For Another Enslaved Person To Succeed At Such A Plan, And History Appears To Have Judged Him Correct.)ā 
after The Fugitive Slave Act Was Passed In 1850, Brown Moved To Great Britain, Where He Remained For Several Decades Before Moving Back To The United States And Then To Toronto, Where He Died In 1897. ā 
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#facts #fact #factz #didyouknow #didyouknowthat #fyi #factsonly #factsonfacts #factstho #factzoflife #didyouknowfact #didyouknowwthat #allfacts #factss #funfacts #wowfacts #amazingfacts #henrybrown #freeman #weirdfacts #thecompletefacts #interestingfacts

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#12

šŸ™ Otto The Octopus, The Six-Month-Old Rabble-Rouser, Had Climbed Up The Side Of His Tank And Was Squirting Water At The 2,000-Watt Spotlight Overhead. It Turns Out The Aquarium Staff Had Trained Otto To Aim And Squirt Water, But At Visitors, Not At The Lights. Otto Himself Had Made The Connection Between Turning Out The Lights And Causing A Commotion.ā 
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nowadays, The People Of Coburg (A Town In Which Otto Is Situated In Germany) Are Coming Up With New Ways To Keep Otto Occupied, Like Giving Him A Chess Board.ā 
he Always Adapts To His Surroundings, But As Soon As A Chess Board Is In There, It's Just Black, White, Black, White. So, That Keeps Him Entertained For Quite A While. But One Time, He Just Didn't Want The Chess Board, And He Just Threw It Out Of The Aquarium.ā 
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Young advised not to be afraid of topics that are new to you: "Knowledge is exponential, so if you’re not used to reading something, you’ll learn a bit less. However, as you read more about it, you can read faster and smarter." So picking up a book that might be "above your level" could take longer but will get easier with time. 

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Just remember, we are the ones using the newly learned facts and putting them into context. So if you’re wondering whether you’re ever going to use this stuff, one day you actually might. Sometimes, our brains are capable of the most wonderful things, and bringing two completely unrelated ideas into one is certainly one of them.

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šŸ˜ When Pushed, Keanu Reeves Admits: ā€œI Have A Private Foundation Thatā€™s Been Running For Five Or Six Years, And It Helps Aid A Couple Of Childrenā€™s Hospitals And Cancer Research.ā 
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"I Donā€™t Like To Attach My Name To It, I Just Let The Foundation Do What It Does.ā€ā 
keanu Also Claims He Doesnā€™t Need Material Things To Be Happy. He Says: ā€œItā€™s Always Nice To Open Your Eyes Every Morning And See The World ā€“ It All Seems So Simple!ā 
ā€œThatā€™s Why I Frequently Use An Expression That I Like Very Much, And Which Gives Me Peace Of Mind: ā€˜Iā€™m Happy To Be Hereā€™.ā 
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"That Enormous Sense Of Gratitude Is Enough For Me ā€“ I Donā€™t Need To Surround Myself With A Lot Of Objects And Possessions To Feel That Way.ā€ā 
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šŸ’° The Story With Dr. Joyce Dianeā€™s (Later Brothers) Famous Run Was That The Producers Gave Her The Category Of 'Sports', Convinced Sheā€™d Bomb. But Much To Their Surprise, She Went On To Win The Top Prize, And Became The Only Woman To Do So In The Series.ā 
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šŸ„Š Howā€™d She Do It? Well, Brothersā€™ Husband Was A Great Fan Of Boxing, So She Chose That As Her Sportā€™s Topic. To Prepare, She Studied Twenty Volumes Of Boxing Encyclopedias, As Well As Yearsā€™ Worth Of Ring Magazine Issues, Even Prepping With Boxing Writer Nat Fleischer And Former Olympic Boxing Champion And New York State Athletic Commissioner Edward P.f Egan. After Studying, She Progressed On The Show For Several Weeks. Despite The Producersā€™ Efforts To Stump Her At The $16,000 Mark By Asking Questions Involving Referees Rather Than The Boxers Themselves, She Exceeded Expectations And Won The Top Prize.ā 
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šŸŒ² Methuselah (Tree) Sprouted Back In 2005, When Agriculture Expert Dr. Elaine Solowey Germinated His Ancient Seed. It Had Been Pulled From The Remains Of Masada, An Ancient Fortification Perched On A Rock Plateau In Southern Israel, And At The Time, No One Could Be Sure That The Plant Would Thrive. But It Has, And Its Recent Reproductive Feat Helps Prove Just How Well Itā€™s Doing.ā 
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šŸƒ For A While, The Judean Date Palm Was The Sole Representative Of His Kind: Methuselahā€™s Variety Was Reportedly Wiped Out Around 500 A.d. But Solowey Has Continued To Grow Date Palms From Ancient Seeds Discovered In The Region, And She Tells National Geographic That She Is ā€œTrying To Figure Out How To Plant An Ancient Date Grove.ā€ Doing So Would Allow Researchers To Better Understand Exactly What Earlier Peoples Of The Region Were Eating And How It Tasted.ā 
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šŸŒ± At 2,000 Years Old, Methuselahā€™s Seed Isnā€™t The Oldest Seed To Be Used To Grow A Plantā€”not By A Long Shot. Back In 2012, A Team Of Russian Scientists Unearthed A Cache Of Seeds From A Prehistoric Squirrel Burrow That Had Been Covered In Ice. They Eventually Succeeded In Germinating The 32,000-Year-Old Specimens, Which Grew Into An Arctic Plant Closely Resembling The Modern Narrow-Leafed Campion.ā 
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ā›” The Australian Actor - Who Plays Thor - Has A "Real Bromance" With The 'Captain America' Star But They Weren't Allowed To Team Up For Interviews To Plug 'Avengers: Endgame' Because They Act Like "Kids In School" And Can't Focus On What They Should Be Doing.ā 
hemsworth Said: "With Chris Evans, I Have A Real Brotherly Bond. I Think They Wouldn't Pair Us Up On This Press Tour, Because We Just Spend The Whole Time Screwing Around And None Of It Is On Topic."ā 
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šŸŽ¬ Asked By Variety If That Was True, Evans Admitted It Was And Added: "Which Is Such Bulls**t! We Had Too Much Fun Together, And Truly Like Kids In School, We Were Separated Because We Weren't Getting S**t Done."ā 
the Pair Get Along So Well, They'd Like To Work Together Again Away From The Mcu.ā 
evans Said: "I Would Love To Do One Of Those '80s Buddy Comedies, Where We Could Shed The Characters We Are Known For."ā 
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šŸŒ³ Norway Is The First Country In The World To Commit To No Longer Using Any Products That Contribute To Deforestation.ā 
thatā€™s Pretty Remarkable, Because While During The Last Few Years A Number Of Companies Have Stopped Working With Goods That Can Be Linked To The Destruction Of Rain Forests, Such An Action Has Not Been Matched By Governments.ā 
a Little More Than Five Years Ago, At The United Nations Climate Summit 2014 Held In New York, The Norwegian Government Made A Pledge With Germany And The United Kingdom That It Would ā€œPromote National Commitments That Encourage Deforestation-Free Supply Chains, Including Through Public Procurement Policies To Sustainably Source Commodities Such As Palm Oil, Soy, Beef And Timber.ā€ ā 
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šŸ‡³šŸ‡“ In 2016, The Norwegian Government Made Good On That Promise By Officially Declaring That The Governmentā€™s Public Procurement Policy Will Become Deforestation-Free. In Other Words, The Norwegians Will Not Award Any Of Its Government Contracts To Companies That Take Part In Clear-Cutting.ā 
this Isnā€™t The First Time That Norway Has Put Into Practice ā€œSpeaking For The Trees.ā€ The Act Of Banning Deforestation From The Supply Chain Only Continues The Countryā€™s Long-Standing History Of Protecting The Worldā€™s Vital Forests.ā 
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šŸŽ“ The David Letterman Scholarship Is Awarded To Individuals Who Are Average In Academics But Have A Creative Imagination. It Is Important To Note That, The Scholarship Award Was Established In 1985 By The TV Talk Show Host For Students Who Major Or Minor In Telecommunications At Ball State University, Located In Muncie, Indiana. Projects That Can Be Considered In This Scholarship Are Basically Around The Area Of Media. Winners Of The Award Are Judged On Their Creative Projects.ā 
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šŸ‘‚šŸ¾ Morgan Freeman In An Interview Said:ā 
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"I Always Wanted An Earring. It Has To Do With My Attachment To The Sea. When I Was Around 35 I Was Separated From My Wife And She Said, 'I'm Going To Pierce Your Ear.' I'm An Avid Sailor, A Dyed-In-The-Wool Blue-Water Man. You Know Why Sailors Used To Wear A Gold Earring? It's Enough Money To Bury You In A Foreign Country. There Are Two Or Three Tricks To Being A Good Sailor. One Is Courage. You Have To Be Willing To Face The Sea. And The Rest Is Just Knowledge ā€“ You Can Learn A Lot By Listening To Other Sailors About How To Survive Almost Unsurvivable Situations."ā 
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šŸ“ā€ā˜ ļø "I've Been In Dangerous Storms. There Comes A Moment When You Think You May Not Get Through, And In That Moment There's A Peacefulness That Settles Over You And You're No Longer Afraid. That's Also The Moment When You Have To Say, "I'm Going To Face This Demon. I'm Going To Stand Up And I'm Going To Do What I Have To Do. Not Just By Lying Down And Letting The Sea Wash Over Me, But By Fighting It."ā 
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šŸ‡©šŸ‡° A 3f (United Federation Of Danish Workers) Union Representative Said That Agreements Are Renewed Every Few Years. The Most Recent Agreement From 2020 Has Mcdonaldā€™s Employees Over The Age Of 18 Earning A Minimum Of Dkk 127,24 (About $20.59) Per Hour, With A Slight Increase In 2021 (Dkk 129,74 Or About $21 Per Hour) And 2022 (Dkk 132,24 Or $21.40).ā 
as For Paid Vacations, Every Working Person In Denmark Is Entitled To Five Weeks Of Paid Vacation, Thanks To The Countryā€™s ā€œHoliday Act.ā€ā 
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šŸ’ø These Wages Were Not Determined By The Countryā€™s Minimum Wage. In Fact, Denmark Does Not Have A Nationwide Minimum Wage. Rather, The Country Has A Robust Union Presence And Issues Such As Wages And Vacation Time Are Often Decided Via Collective Bargaining.ā 
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It Was Captured By Photographer šŸ“· @mikemezphoto At Volcano National Park On The Big Island Of Hawaii. #milkyway #lava #hawaii #facts

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šŸ¦ Cher Ami (French For ā€œDear Friend,ā€ In The Masculine) Was A Male Homing Pigeon Who Had Been Donated By Britain To The U.S. Army Signal Corps In France During World War I. He Is Famous For Delivering A Message From An Encircled Battalion Despite Serious Injuries During The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, October 1918.ā 
"Cher Ami" Was Dispatched With A Note, Written On Onion Paper, In A Canister On His Right Leg;ā 
"We Are Along The Road Parallel [sic] To 276.4. Our Own Artillery Is Dropping A Barrage Directly On Us. For Heavens Sake Stop It."ā 
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šŸ‡©šŸ‡Ŗ As Cher Ami Tried To Fly Back Home, The Germans Saw Him Rising Out Of The Brush And Opened Fire. After Several Seconds, He Was Shot Down But Managed To Take Flight Again. He Arrived Back At His Loft At Division Headquarters 25 Miles (40 Km) To The Rear In Just 25 Minutes, Helping To Save The Lives Of The 194 Survivors. He Had Been Shot Through The Breast, Blinded In One Eye, And Had A Leg Hanging Only By A Tendon. Cher Ami Became The Hero Of The 77th Infantry Division. Army Medics Worked To Save His Life. When He Recovered Enough To Travel, The Now One-Legged Bird Was Put On A Boat To The United States, With General John J. Pershing Seeing Him Off.ā 
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šŸ¦™ Alpacas Are A Herd Animal, And As Such, They Require Other Alpacas For Socialization And Security. An Individual Alpaca Would Be In A Constant State Of Stress And Sadness, Which Compromise Its Health And Could Eventually Lead To Death.ā 
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an Alpaca Herd Should Have A Minimum Of Three Alpacas. This Allows For One Alpaca To Serve As The Alpha Alpaca And The Remaining Alpacas To Serve As The Supporting Herd. ā 
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šŸŽµ As It Turns Out, Getting Chills From Music Is Not As Common As You Might Think. Researchers From Usc Released A Study That Suggests That Only About 50 Percent Of People Feel Things Like Shivers, A Lump In Their Throat, And Goosebumps When They Listen To Music. What's More, Those People Might Have Very Different Brains Than Those Who Don't Experience Those Feelings.ā 
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šŸŽ¶ First, They Gathered 20 People And Had Them Listen To A Selection Of Their Favorite Songs. Whenever They Felt A Chill, They Pressed A Button. All 20 Were Then Given Mri Scans ā€” And The 10 That Reported Reactions Were Obvious Standouts. Their Brains Turned Out To Have A Much Higher Volume Of Fibers Connecting Their Auditory Cortex To The Areas That Process Emotion.ā 
more Fibers Mean That Those Two Areas Of The Brain Can Communicate Much More Effectively. It Also Means That, Because Their Emotional Processing Centers Are Beefier, Those People Are More Able To Experience Extreme Emotions.ā 
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šŸ¦ˆ They Even Managed To Survive During Times When The Ocean Lost Its Oxygen - Including One Such Event In The Cretaceous Period, When Many Other, Larger, Species Died Out. As A Refuge, Sharks Moved Deeper Underwater, Says Experts. And While There, They Had Another Cunning Trick. ā 
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some Evolved The Ability To Glow In The Dark. Sharks Are Older Than Trees. Sharks Have Existed For More Than 420 Million Years, Whereas The Earliest Tree, Lived Around 350 Million Years Ago.

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šŸ¦ With The Passing Away Of The Last Male Northern White Rhino There Are Now Just Two Female Northern White Rhino Alive. Despite Best Efforts At Artificial Reproduction, No Success Has Been Achieved. It A Matter Of Time Before This Magnificent Sub-Species Disappears Into Oblivion. ā 
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The Student Was George Bernard Dantzig, A Doctoral Student At Uc Berkeley. One Day In 1939, Dantzig Was Late To Class And Saw Two Equations On The Board. He Jotted Them Both Down Thinking They Were Homework. ā 
little Did Dantzig Know, They Were Examples Of Unsolved Math Problems. Dantzig Went Home, And Soon After, Solved Both. šŸ‘Øā€šŸŽ“ā 
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Japanese Educators Believe This Teaches The Students Respect And Responsibility. And, Judging By Our Childhood Chore Fact From The Other Day, It Probably Sets The Students Up For Great Success Later In Life! #facts #japan #school #janitor #clean #chores #responsibility #childhood

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šŸš­ The Plans Include The Gradual Increase Of The Legal Smoking Age, Which Could Extend To A Ban On The Sale Of Cigarettes And Tobacco Products To Anyone Born After 2004, Making Smoking Effectively Illegal For That Generation.ā 
also Under Consideration Was A Significant Reduction In The Level Of Nicotine Allowed In Tobacco Products, Prohibiting Filters, Setting A Minimum Price For Tobacco, And Restricting The Locations Where Tobacco And Cigarettes Can Be Sold.ā 
ā€œWe Need A New Approach,ā€ Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall Said, Announcing The Changes. ā€œAbout 4,500 New Zealanders Die Every Year From Tobacco, And We Need To Make Accelerated Progress To Be Able To Reach That Goal [of Smokefree 2025]. Business-As-Usual Without A Tobacco Control Program Wonā€™t Get Us There.ā€ā 
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šŸ‡³šŸ‡æ The Proposals Were Welcomed By A Number Of Public Health Organizations. ā€œThis Proposal Goes Beyond Assisting People To Quit,ā€ Cancer Society Chief Executive Lucy Elwood Said In A Statement. She Noted That The Number Of Tobacco Retailers Was Four Times Higher In Low-Income Communities, Where Smoking Rates Were Highest.ā 
ā€œThese Glaring Inequities Are Why We Need To Protect Future Generations From The Harms Of Tobacco,ā€ Elwood Said. ā€œTobacco Is The Most Harmful Consumer Product In History And Needs To Be Phased Out.ā€ā 
shane Kawenata Bradbrook, A Long- Term Advocate For Smoke-Free Māori Communities, Said:ā 
ā€œFor Too Long The Tobacco Industry Has Been Addicting Our People, Fleecing Them Of Their Money Before We Have To Bury Them In Urupa [burial Grounds] All Over This Land. I Am Looking Forward To Truly Making This A Sunset Industry In This Corner Of The World.ā€ā 
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šŸ’° The Question That Carpenter Seemed To Be Struggling On Was ā€œWhich Of These U.S. Presidents Appeared On The Television Series ā€˜Laugh-Inā€™?ā€ His Choices Were Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, And Gerald Ford.ā 
ā€œUm,ā€ Carpenter Said. ā€œIā€™d Like To Call My Parents Right Now, Use My Lifeline.ā€ā 
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šŸ’ø The Show Called His Father And Philbin Explained The Situation To Carpenterā€™s Dad. But, When Carpenter Got On The Line, He Didnā€™t Actually Ask His Dad For Help.ā 
ā€œHi, Dad,ā€ Carpenter Said. ā€œI Donā€™t Really Need Your Help. I Just Wanted To Let You Know That Iā€™m Gonna Win The Million Dollars. The U.S. President Who Appeared On ā€˜Laugh-Inā€™ Was Richard Nixon, Thatā€™s My Final Answer.ā€ā 
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šŸ‡©šŸ‡Ŗ When Fuggerei Was Established By A Wealthy Banker, Jakob Fugger The Rich, In 1520, He Intended For It To Become A Housing Complex Open To The Needy And Poor Living Nearby In Augsburg, Germany. That Tradition Continues Today, With The Only Other Requirements For Living In The Complex Being A Demonstrated Faith In The Catholic Church, And A Proven Residency In Augsburg For At Least Two Years.ā 
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šŸ’ø Jakob The Rich Set Up A Charitable Trust In Order To Bankroll The Fuggerei, A Trust That Still Finances The Village. Although, The Wall Street Journal Notes It Only Sees Returns Of About 0.5% To 2% Each Year. Tourists Also Bring In Some Money For The Village, As Visitors Are Welcome To Tour The Neighborhood For Themselves With The Purchase Of A ā‚¬4 Euro Ticket, As Long As They Demonstrate Respect For The Town And Its Residents. ā 
and Although Visitors Are Not Allowed To Enter Any Of The 50- To 700-Square-Foot Residences Currently Occupied, The Fuggerei Maintains A Model Unit So Visitors Can Get A Feel For The Homes That Have Provided Solace For 495 Years.ā 
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The Doctor Then Asked If Tweety Bird Was There Too. Blanc Answered, "I Tot I Taw A Puddy Tat." A Few Months Later, Blanc Recovered And Went Home. When Blanc's Doctor Later Tried To Explain How He Had Revived His Patient, He Said, "It Seemed Like Bugs Bunny Was Trying To Save His Life." #facts #bugsbunny #cartoons #tv #nostalgia #voice

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šŸ‘©ā€šŸ« An Elementary Teacher From County Down Has Been Re-Entered In To The "Guinness Book Of Records" For Having The Loudest Voice In The World.ā 
annalisa Flanagan's Shout Is The Equivalent Volume To That Of A Jet Engine, A Rock Concert Or 121 Decibels. She Has Held The Record For Over A Decade.ā 
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šŸ˜± Back In 1992 Annalisa And Her Twin Began Their Quest In A Local "Records Night" Where Guinness Entries Were Challenged. The Noisy Pair Managed To Reach 119 Decibels But Annalisa Was The Loudest Of The Pair.ā 
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#facts #bobross #joyofpainting #painting #drillsargeant

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#facts #porcupine #prickle #cute

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#facts #internet #marijuana #students #stanford #mit #transaction

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Tag Your Ginger Friend. šŸ”„šŸ”„ Photo Cred: Caters News Agency

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#facts #cat #old #worldrecord

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šŸ‘€ A Team Of Researchers, LED By Ulrike Willinger At The Medical University Of Vienna, Asked 156 People, Who Had An Average Age Of 33 And Included 76 Women, To Rate Their Comprehension And Enjoyment Of 12 Darkly Humorous Cartoons Taken From 'The Black Book' By The Renowned German Cartoonist Uli Stein.ā 
examples Include A Cartoon Depicting A Morgue Where A Physician Lifts A Cover Sheet Off A Body. A Woman Confirms: ā€œSure, Thatā€™s My Husband ā€“ Anyway, Which Washing Powder Did You Use To Get That So White?ā€ Participants Were Also Tested For Verbal And Non-Verbal Iq And Asked About Their Mood, Aggression And Educational Background.ā 
the British Psychological Society Research Digest Blog Reports That The Study Found Three Groups Of Participants. The Group With The Highest Sick Humor Appreciation And Comprehension Scored The Highest In Verbal And Non-Verbal Iq Tests, Were Better Educated, And Scored Lower For Aggression And Bad Mood.ā 
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šŸ¤“ A Second Group Showed Moderate Comprehension Of The Jokes But Enjoyed Them The Least. These Were People With Average Intelligence Scores, But Had The Highest Negative Mood And The Highest Aggression Levels.ā 
the Third Group Showed Moderate Sick Humor Comprehension And Preference, Had Average Intelligence Scores, But Were Generally Of A Positive Mood And Had Moderate Aggression Scores.ā 
the Findings Contradict Earlier Theories About The Relationship Between Aggression And Humor. As Early As 1905, Freud Hypothesized That Humor Allows For A Safe Release Of Usually Repressed Sexual And Aggressive Urges.ā 
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Researchers Have Been Listening To Recordings Of A Particular Blue Whale šŸ‹ Who Has Been Roaming The Waters Of The Northern Pacific Ocean For Over 20 Years. It Is Referred To As "Lonely" Because This Whale Sings At The Abnormally High Tone Of 52 Hz And Is Unable To Communicate With Other Blue Whales Higher Who Sing In The Range Of 10 - 40 Hz. Aww! šŸ˜¢ šŸ³ šŸŽµ šŸ“· Danny Kessler #whale #lonely #nature

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Baby Hedgehogs May Also Respond To ā€œSonic Jr.ā€.

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Subscribe To Our Weekly Newsletter ā€” Link In The Bio! #facts #reindeer #blue #blueeyes #animals #animalfacts

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šŸ•øļø In The Dvd Commentary Of 'Spider-Man,' John Dykstra ā€“ Head Of The Vfx Team For The Film ā€“ Shared That There Were No Special Effects Involved In Peter Catching The Food, And It Was All Tobey Maguireā€™s Work ā€“ And It Only Took 156 Takes. Kirsten Dunst Confirmed This And Added That They Used Sticky Glue So Tobeyā€™s Hand Would Stick To The Tray And He Could Catch The Items Without A Problem. Of Course, Things Like The Jell-O And The Sandwiches Were Glued To Their Plates, So All Tobey Had To Do Was Catch Them All, Which Is Obviously Easier Said Than Done. ā 
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surprisingly, Sony Wanted To Cut The Scene, But Changed Their Mind After Raimi Insisted On Keeping It, As It Required A 16 Hour-Day Of Shooting. In The End, Peter Catching Mjā€™s Lunch Became One Of The Most Memorable Scenes From 'Spider-Man,' And Will Go Down In Superhero History As A Truly Iconic Move From Tobey Maguire.ā 
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This, According To A Psychological Study Done In Germany In The 1980s. The Study Also Revealed The Kissing Husbands Earned 20 To 35 Percent More Money And Used Less Sick Time Than Their Peers Who Left With No Goodbye Kiss. šŸ’‹ ā 
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#facts #greyhound #dog #vision #cool

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#48

#facts #harrypotter #kids #candy #costume

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šŸ˜² The Face Spoke At More Length With Angelina Jolie About The Incident And Why She Felt Compelled To Hire A Hitman To Carry Out Her Death. ā€œTheyā€™re Not That Hard To Find In New York,ā€ She Responded. ā€œAs Insane As It Sounds, I Think A Lot Of People Consider Suicide When Theyā€™re Young,ā€ Jolie Admitted.ā 
ā€œI Was Very Aware That So Many People Around Me, Like My Mother, Would Feel As Though They Didnā€™t Give Enough Or Do Enough, If Iā€™d Taken My Own Life,ā€ Jolie Continued. ā€œSo My Solution To That Was If Someone Else Had Taken My Life ā€“ Like In A ā€˜Robberyā€™ ā€“ Then It Would Be Murder And It Wouldnā€™t Be That Anyone Would Feel Theyā€™d Let Me Down.ā€ā 
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šŸ§ Jolie Even Got As Far As Hiring The Contract Killer And Planned To ā€œTake Out Cash Over A Certain Amount Of Time, So There Wasnā€™t A Big Chunk In My Bank Accountā€ To The Killer. However, Remarkably, It Wasnā€™t Jolie Who Had A Change Of Heart, But The Hitman Persuaded Her To Carry On Living.ā 
ā€œHe Was A Decent Enough Person And Asked If I Could Think About It And Call Him Again In Two Months,ā€ She Explained. ā€œSomething Changed In My Life And I Figured Iā€™d Stick It Out.ā€ā 
as Bizarre As It Sounds, Weā€™ve Got A Hitman With A Conscience To Thank For Jolie Being Here Today. Her Mental Health Troubles Didnā€™t End That Day, Jolie Would Suffer A Nervous Breakdown At 24, But Once She Had Her First Child, She Got That Stability In Her Life That She Always Craved.ā 
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#facts #match #love #relationship #breakups

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