In Japan, blood type is believed to be an indicator as to one’s personality, creating a market for blood type themed goods (condoms, drinks, books). The belief is so prevalent that the Japanese version of Facebook has a “Blood Type” drop down option for profiles.
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All packaged products sold in India have a “maximum retail price” printed on the package by the manufacturer and it is illegal for a store to charge more than that. India is one of the few countries with this system.
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Australian sleepy lizards are monogamous for life and grieve if they lose their partner.
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Walmart has it’s own private satellite 📡 communications network, and it’s the largest privately owned satellite network in the world.
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Cockroaches are so repulsed by humans that if they’re touched by a human, not only do they run away, but they wash themselves.
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Malaysia and Singapore used to stamp "S.H.I.T" in your passport if you were a "Suspected Hippy in Transit."
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Gangster Eddie Nash would intentionally not wipe so he could offer cocaine to women for licking his anus clean.
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Ancient romans resorted to cannibalism in order to treat certain ailments. Pliny the elder devoted a whole section of his book on body parts that can be used for healing purposes, including warm gladiator blood and baby bone marrow for treating epilepsy
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By solving Captchas we are helping to train machine learning models. @googlefactss #funfact
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The "Phantom Vibration Syndrome" is a condition in which people mistakenly think their phone vibrates in their pocket. It affects 90% of us. (9/10 people).
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In what decade was the Internet created ?
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13%
1950s
24%
1960s
23%
1970s
23%
1980s
16%
1990s
Termites, although behaving like ants, are actually evolved cockroaches.
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Swiss law requires that social species like guinea pigs, rabbits and parakeets, be kept in pairs. Solo cats “must have daily contact with people or views of another cat”
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How well are Swiss animals protected?
Strict welfare legislation makes Switzerland one of the better places to have fur, fins or feathers. Here’s why.
They have camel beauty pageants in Saudi Arabia. More than 40 camels have been disqualified from Saudi Arabia's beauty pageant for receiving Botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements. The contest is a highlight of the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, where $66m in prize money is at stake.
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