“Death by GPS”, happens when following GPS directions causes disaster.

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The most distant piece of rock we know of in our solar system is so far away it takes light 18 and a half hours to get there from the sun. @googlefactss #space

Cicadas are the only known creature that can kill bacteria on contact via nothing more than nanostructure.

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USA was one of the only 7 countries to vote against setting up of the International Criminal Court, along with China, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Qatar, and Yemen.

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The asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs was powerful enough to send Earth rocks to Mars and even Europa. As a result, if we ever find life on those worlds it may actually have originated on our own planet.

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The only thing left on Bill Gates’ bucket list is not to die.

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After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, only one member of Congress out of 470 was against the war. The dissenting vote was given by Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress. “As a woman I can’t go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.” She was mobbed and had to hide in a phone booth until Congressional police came.

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Jellyfish contain a protein which causes them to glow when exposed to blue light. This protein has been introduced to other animals over the years, and scientists even created a green glowing bunny named Alba.

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The Filipino flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.

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In Ancient Rome during funerals, a person called an Archimime would walk behind the deceased and imitate the person like they were still alive.

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The rich in China hire body doubles to serve their prison sentence.

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A two-headed neon toxic sea slug was discovered off the coast of Malaysia in the year 2015. Such an occurrence is extremely rare and thought to be the result of pollution or some kind of mutation.

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Norway has a minimum security island-prison where inmates are almost free to do as they wish. The criminals interred there are among Norway’s worst, but it has the lowest rate of re-offending in Europe, if not the world.

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The National Institute of Health timed men ejaculating using a stopwatch to study premature ejaculation. They found the average to be 7minutes, but the range was 1 minute to an hour. The treatments suggested were using specific techniques, medication such as SSRIs, and sex therapy. @googlefactss #sexfact
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The word cereal comes from the Roman goddess Ceres, and her association with edible grains.

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In 2001, a Ghanaian man was shot dead while testing a bulletproof potion. He’d asked a witch doctor to make him invincible to bullets. After applying a potion for two weeks, a fellow villager shot him to check if it worked. He died instantly.

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In extremely rare cases, it's possible for a woman to get pregnant while already pregnant. @googlefactss #funfact