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Adomania (noun): The sense that the future is coming too quickly
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You’ve never seen your own face directly; only in reflections, photos, or videos
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In darkness, your senses of touch and hearing are heightened The brain shifts focus to amplify sensory cues, helping you pick up on subtle sounds and textures that would otherwise go unnoticed
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Your heart beats roughly 100,000 times a day
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At any given moment, around 100 lightning bolts are striking the Earth
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Gratitude boosts both mental and physical health Neuroscientists found that practicing gratitude regularly can rewire your brain to be more generous, charitable, and altruistic
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Keeping secrets can cause headaches, nausea, and back pain
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Alexander the Great's army wore linen armor capable of stopping arrows
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The summit of Mount Everest is made of marine limestone, meaning it was once at the bottom of the ocean—around 470 million years ago
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A full moon always rises at sunset A new moon always rises at sunrise A first-quarter moon always rises at noon A third-quarter moon always rises at midnight
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The human body is made up of around 7 octillion atoms
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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A black hole in the M87 galaxy is shooting a plasma jet across space, stretching over 3,000 light-years from its core The M87 galaxy is about 55 million light-years away from Earth — meaning that the light we see from its jet today was actually emitted 55 million years ago
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Women were not allowed to wear pants on the United States Senate floor until 1993
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The average bra size in the United States is 34DD
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Dinosaurs roamed Earth for about 165 million years Humans have existed for just 0.1% of that time
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In Ancient Greece, every year, Athenian citizens carved the name of someone they disliked on a tile. If enough people wrote the same name, that person would be forced to flee Athens for ten years These tiles, called 'ostraka,' gave rise to the word 'ostracize'
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Humans can't walk in a straight line without a visual reference When blindfolded, you'll gradually walk in a circle
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Adolf Hitler was convicted of High Treason in 1924, for which the penalty could have been de*th. The judges sentenced him to five years, holding sympathy for his patriotic motives Hitler was released after serving just nine months and became a dictator within eight years
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